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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
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Title 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION |
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Subtitle C. TEXAS MENTAL HEALTH CODE |
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Chapter 574. COURT-ORDERED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES |
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Subchapter C. PROCEEDINGS FOR COURT-ORDERED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES |
Sec. 574.037. COURT-ORDERED OUTPATIENT SERVICES
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(a) The court, in an order that directs a patient to participate in outpatient mental health services, shall identify a person who is responsible for those services. The person identified must be the facility administrator or an individual involved in providing court-ordered outpatient services. A person may not be designated as responsible for the ordered services without the person's consent unless the person is the facility administrator of a department facility or the facility administrator of a community center that provides mental health services in the region in which the committing court is located.
(b) The person responsible for the services shall submit to the court within two weeks after the court enters the order a general program of the treatment to be provided. The program must be incorporated into the court order.
(c) The person responsible for the services shall inform the court of:
(1) the patient's failure to comply with the court order; and
(2) any substantial change in the general program of treatment that occurs before the order expires.
(d) A facility must comply with this section to the extent that the commissioner determines that the designated mental health facility has sufficient resources to perform the necessary services.
(e) A patient may not be detained in a private mental health facility without the consent of the facility administrator.