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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 841.202

ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION TO COMMITTED PERSON

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 351 (S.B. 1179), Sec. 27, eff

A person may not administer a psychoactive medication to a committed person who refuses to take the medication voluntarily unless:

(1) the committed person is having a medication-related emergency; or

(2) the committed person is under an order issued under Section 841.205 authorizing the administration of medication regardless of the committed person's refusal.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.