The facility administrator of a facility to which a patient was committed or from which a patient was required to receive temporary or extended inpatient or outpatient mental health services shall discharge the patient when the court order expires.
Tex. Health & Safety Code § 574.085
DISCHARGE ON EXPIRATION OF COURT ORDER
Known as the Texas Mental Health Code
The act spans §§ 571–580 (237 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Laney v. State (2007)
Most recently applied in Laney v. State (April 2007)
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.