Sec. 575.013. TRANSFER OF PERSON WITH MENTAL RETARDATION TO STATE SCHOOL

(a) The facility administrator of an inpatient mental health facility operated by the department may transfer an involuntary patient in the facility to a state school for persons with mental retardation if an examination of the patient indicates that the patient has symptoms of mental retardation to the extent that training, education, rehabilitation, care, treatment, and supervision in a state school are in the patient's best interest.

(b) A certificate containing the diagnosis and the facility administrator's recommendation of transfer to a specific state school shall be furnished to the committing court.

(c) The patient may not be transferred before the judge of the committing court enters an order approving the transfer.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 367, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.