Art. 46B.083. SUPPORTING COMMITMENT INFORMATION PROVIDED BY FACILITY HEAD OR OUTPATIENT TREATMENT PROGRAM PROVIDER. (a) If the head of the facility or outpatient treatment program provider believes that the defendant is a person with mental illness and meets the criteria for court-ordered mental health services under Subtitle C, Title 7, Health and Safety Code, the head of the facility or the outpatient treatment program provider shall have submitted to the court a certificate of medical examination for mental illness.
(b) If the head of the facility or the outpatient treatment program provider believes that the defendant is a person with an intellectual disability, the head of the facility or the outpatient treatment program provider shall have submitted to the court an affidavit stating the conclusions reached as a result of the examination.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 35, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 324 (S.B. 679), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1307 (S.B. 867), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 6.015, eff. April 2, 2015.
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