Texas Health And Safety Code Title 7, Chapter 594 - Transfer And Discharge
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 594.001 - Applicability Of Chapter
(a) A client may not be transferred or discharged except as provided by this chapter and department rules. (b) This chapter does not apply to...
- Texas Section 594.002 - Leave; Furlough
The director may grant or deny a resident a leave of absence or furlough. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff....
SUBCHAPTER B TRANSFER OR DISCHARGE
- Texas Section 594.003 - Habeas Corpus
This chapter does not alter or limit a resident's right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76,...
- Texas Section 594.011 - Service Provider
A service provider shall transfer a client, furlough a client to an alternative placement, or discharge a client if the service provider determines: (1) that...
- Texas Section 594.012 - Request By Client, Parent, Or Guardian
(a) A client, the parent of a client who is a minor, or the guardian of the person may request a transfer or discharge. (b)...
- Texas Section 594.013 - Notice Of Transfer Or Discharge; Approval
(a) A client and the parent or guardian must be notified not later than the 31st day before the date of the proposed transfer or...
- Texas Section 594.014 - Right To Administrative Hearing
(a) A client and the parent or the guardian shall be informed of the right to an administrative hearing to contest a proposed transfer or...
- Texas Section 594.015 - Administrative Hearing
(a) An administrative hearing to contest a transfer or discharge decision must be held: (1) as soon as possible, but not later than the 30th...
- Texas Section 594.016 - Decision
(a) After each case, the hearing officer shall promptly report to the parties in writing the officer's decision, findings of fact, and the reasons for...
- Texas Section 594.017 - Appeal
(a) A party to a hearing may appeal the hearing officer's decision without filing a motion for rehearing with the hearing officer. (b) Venue for...
- Texas Section 594.018 - Notice To Committing Court
When a resident is discharged, the department shall notify the court that committed the resident to a residential care facility under Subchapter C, Chapter 593....
SUBCHAPTER C TRANSFER TO STATE MENTAL HOSPITAL
- Texas Section 594.019 - Alternative Services
(a) The department shall provide appropriate alternative or follow-up supportive services consistent with available resources by agreement among the department, the local intellectual and developmental...
- Texas Section 594.0301 - Definition
In this subchapter, "state mental hospital" has the meaning assigned by Section 571.003. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec....
- Texas Section 594.031 - Transfer Of Voluntary Resident
A voluntary resident may not be transferred to a state mental hospital without legally adequate consent to the transfer. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg.,...
- Texas Section 594.032 - Transfer Of Court-committed Resident
(a) The director may transfer a resident committed to a residential care facility under Subchapter C, Chapter 593, to a state mental hospital for mental...
- Texas Section 594.033 - Evaluation; Court Order
The hospital administrator of the state mental hospital to which a court-committed resident is transferred shall immediately have an evaluation of the resident's condition performed....
- Texas Section 594.034 - Request For Transfer Order
(a) If the evaluation performed under Section 594.033 reveals that continued hospitalization is necessary for longer than 30 consecutive days, the hospital administrator of the...
- Texas Section 594.035 - Hearing Date
When the committing court receives the hospital administrator's request and the certificates of medical examination, the court shall set a date for the hearing on...
- Texas Section 594.036 - Notice
(a) A copy of the transfer request and notice of the transfer hearing shall be personally served on the resident not later than the eighth...
- Texas Section 594.037 - Hearing Location
(a) The judge may hold a transfer hearing on the petition at any suitable place in the county. (b) The hearing should be held in...
- Texas Section 594.038 - Hearing Before Jury
(a) The transfer hearing must be held before a jury unless a waiver of trial by jury is made in writing under oath by the...
- Texas Section 594.039 - Resident Present At Hearing
The resident is entitled to be present at the transfer hearing unless the court determines it is in the resident's best interest to not be...
- Texas Section 594.040 - Opening Hearing
The transfer hearing must be open to the public unless the court: (1) finds that it is in the best interest of the resident to...
- Texas Section 594.041 - Medical Evidence
(a) At least two physicians, at least one of whom must be a psychiatrist, must testify at the transfer hearing. The physicians must have examined...
- Texas Section 594.042 - Hearing Determination
The court by order shall approve the transfer of the resident to a state mental hospital if the court or jury determines that the resident:...
- Texas Section 594.043 - Discharge Of Resident
A resident who is transferred to a state mental hospital and no longer requires treatment in a state mental hospital or a residential care facility...
- Texas Section 594.044 - Transfer To Residential Care Facility
(a) Except as provided by Section 594.045, a resident who is transferred to a state mental hospital and no longer requires treatment in a state...
- Texas Section 594.045 - Return Of Court-ordered Transfer Resident
(a) If a resident has been transferred to a state mental hospital under a court order under this subchapter, the hospital administrator of the state...
Last modified: September 28, 2016