Sec. 594.032. TRANSFER OF COURT-COMMITTED RESIDENT

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(a) The superintendent may transfer a resident committed to a residential care facility under Subchapter C, Chapter 593, to a state mental hospital for mental health care if an examination of the resident by a licensed physician indicates symptoms of mental illness to the extent that care, treatment, control, and rehabilitation in a state mental hospital is in the best interest of the resident.
(b) A resident transferred from a residential care facility to a state mental hospital may not remain in the hospital for longer than 30 consecutive days unless the transfer is authorized by a court order under this subchapter.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

                    
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