Texas Health And Safety Code Title 7, Chapter 571 - General Provisions
- Texas Section 571.001 - Short Title
This subtitle may be cited as the Texas Mental Health Code. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
- Texas Section 571.002 - Purpose
The purpose of this subtitle is to provide to each person having severe mental illness access to humane care and treatment by: (1) facilitating treatment...
- Texas Section 571.003 - Definitions
In this subtitle: (1) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(108), eff. April 2, 2015. (2) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of...
- Texas Section 571.004 - Least Restrictive Appropriate Setting
The least restrictive appropriate setting for the treatment of a patient is the treatment setting that: (1) is available; (2) provides the patient with the...
- Texas Section 571.005 - Texas Mental Health Code Information Program
(a) The department shall hold seminars as necessary to increase understanding of and properly implement revisions to this subtitle. (b) The department may arrange for...
- Texas Section 571.006 - Executive Commissioner And Department Powers
(a) The executive commissioner may adopt rules as necessary for the proper and efficient treatment of persons with mental illness. (b) The department may: (1)...
- Texas Section 571.0065 - Treatment Methods
(a) The executive commissioner by rule may adopt procedures for an advisory committee to review treatment methods for persons with mental illness. (b) A state...
- Texas Section 571.0066 - Prescription Medication Information
(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall require a mental health facility that admits a patient under this subtitle to provide to the patient in...
- Texas Section 571.0067 - Restraint And Seclusion
A person providing services to a patient of a mental hospital or mental health facility shall comply with Chapter 322 and the rules adopted under...
- Texas Section 571.007 - Delegation Of Powers And Duties
(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided by this subtitle, an authorized, qualified department employee may exercise a power granted to or perform a duty imposed...
- Texas Section 571.008 - Return Of Committed Patient To State Of Residence
(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...
- Texas Section 571.0081 - Return Of Committed Patient To State Of Residence; Reciprocal Agreements
(a) In this section, "state or local authority" means a state or local government authority or agency or a representative of a state or local...
- Texas Section 571.009 - Effect Of Certain Conditions On Admission Or Commitment
A person with mental illness may not be denied admission or commitment to a mental health facility because the person also suffers from epilepsy, dementia,...
- Texas Section 571.010 - Agent For Service Of Process
(a) The facility administrator or the superintendent, supervisor, or manager of an inpatient mental health facility is the agent for service of process on a...
- Texas Section 571.011 - Application To Persons Charged With Crime
(a) A child alleged to have engaged in delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision under Title 3, Family Code, is not considered...
- Texas Section 571.012 - Court Hours; Availability Of Judge Or Magistrate
The probate court or court having probate jurisdiction shall be open for proceedings under this subtitle during normal business hours. The probate judge or magistrate...
- Texas Section 571.013 - Method Of Giving Notice
Except as otherwise provided by this subtitle, notice required under this subtitle may be given by delivering a copy of the notice or document in...
- Texas Section 571.014 - Filing Requirements
(a) Each application, petition, certificate, or other paper permitted or required to be filed in a probate court or court having probate jurisdiction under this...
- Texas Section 571.015 - Inspection Of Court Records
(a) Each paper in a docket for mental health proceedings in the county clerk's office, including the docket book, indexes, and judgment books, is a...
- Texas Section 571.016 - Representation Of State
Unless specified otherwise, in a hearing held under this subtitle, including a hearing held under Subchapter G, Chapter 574: (1) the county attorney shall represent...
- Texas Section 571.0165 - Extension Of Detention Period
(a) If extremely hazardous weather conditions exist or a disaster occurs, the judge of a court having jurisdiction of a proceeding under Chapters 572, 573,...
- Texas Section 571.0166 - Proceedings On Behalf Of The State
All applications under this subtitle shall be filed on behalf of the State of Texas and styled "The State of Texas for the Best Interest...
- Texas Section 571.0167 - Habeas Corpus Proceedings
(a) A petition for a writ of habeas corpus arising from a commitment order must be filed in the court of appeals for the county...
- Texas Section 571.017 - Compensation Of Court-appointed Personnel
(a) The court shall order the payment of reasonable compensation to attorneys, physicians, language interpreters, sign interpreters, and associate judges appointed under this subtitle. (b)...
- Texas Section 571.018 - Costs
(a) The costs for a hearing or proceeding under this subtitle shall be paid by: (1) the county in which emergency detention procedures are initiated...
- Texas Section 571.019 - Limitation Of Liability
(a) A person who participates in the examination, certification, apprehension, custody, transportation, detention, treatment, or discharge of any person or in the performance of any...
- Texas Section 571.020 - Criminal Penalties
(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally causes, conspires with another to cause, or assists another to cause the unwarranted commitment of...
- Texas Section 571.021 - Enforcement Officers
The state attorney general and the district and county attorneys within their respective jurisdictions shall prosecute violations of this subtitle. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd...
- Texas Section 571.022 - Injunction
(a) At the request of the department, the attorney general or the appropriate district or county attorney shall institute and conduct in the name of...
- Texas Section 571.023 - Civil Penalty
(a) A person is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $25,000 for each day of violation and for each act of violation...
- Texas Section 571.024 - Notice Of Suit
Not later than the seventh day before the date on which the attorney general intends to bring suit on his own initiative, the attorney general...
- Texas Section 571.025 - Administrative Penalty
(a) The department may impose an administrative penalty against a person licensed or regulated under this subtitle who violates this subtitle or a rule or...
- Texas Section 571.026 - Recovery Of Costs
If the attorney general brings an action to enforce an administrative penalty assessed under this chapter and the court orders the payment of the penalty,...
Last modified: September 28, 2016