RETURN OF COMMITTED PATIENT TO STATE OF RESIDENCE.
Tex. HEALTH & SAFETY Code § 571.008.
in effect(a) The department may return a nonresident patient committed to a department mental health facility or other mental health facility under Section 571.0081 to the proper agency of the patient's state of residence.
(b) The department may permit the return of a resident of this state who is committed to a mental health facility in another state.
(c) Subject to Section 571.0081 , the department may enter into reciprocal agreements with the state or local authorities, as defined by Section 571.0081 , of other states to facilitate the return of persons committed to mental health facilities in this state or another state to the states of their residence.
(d) A department facility administrator may detain for not more than 96 hours pending a court order in a commitment proceeding in this state a patient returned to this state from another state where the person was committed.
(e) The state returning a committed patient to another state shall bear the expenses of returning the patient, unless the state agrees to share costs under a reciprocal agreement under Section 571.0081 .
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 169 (S.B. 1889 ), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.