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TX Health & Safety Code § 571.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 571 - General Provisions|Section 571.002. Purpose

Sec. 571.002.  PURPOSE.  The purpose of this subtitle is to provide to each person having severe mental illness access to humane care and treatment by:(1)  facilitating treatment in an appropriate setting;(2)  enabling the person to obtain necessary evaluation, care, treatment, and rehabilitation with the least possible trouble, expense, and embarrassment to the person and the person's family;(3)  eliminating, if requested, the traumatic effect on the person's mental health of public trial and criminal-like procedures;(4)  protecting the person's right to a judicial determination of the person's need for involuntary treatment;(5)  defining the criteria the state must meet to order involuntary care and treatment;(6)  establishing the procedures to obtain facts, carry out examinations, and make prompt and fair decisions;(7)  safeguarding the person's legal rights so as to advance and not impede the therapeutic and protective purposes of involuntary care;  and(8)  safeguarding the rights of the person who voluntarily requests inpatient care.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 571.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 571 - General Provisions|Section 571.004. Least Restrictive Appropriate Setting

Sec. 571.004.  LEAST RESTRICTIVE APPROPRIATE SETTING.  The least restrictive appropriate setting for the treatment of a patient is the treatment setting that:(1)  is available;(2)  provides the patient with the greatest probability of improvement or cure;  and(3)  is no more restrictive of the patient's physical or social liberties than is necessary to provide the patient with the most effective treatment and to protect adequately against any danger the patient poses to himself or others.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 571.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 571 - General Provisions|Section 571.005. Texas Mental Health Code Information Program

Sec. 571.005.  TEXAS MENTAL HEALTH CODE INFORMATION PROGRAM.  (a)  The department shall hold seminars as necessary to increase understanding of and properly implement revisions to this subtitle.(b)  The department may arrange for community centers, other state agencies, and other public and private organizations or programs to prepare instructional materials and conduct the seminars.(c)  The department may solicit, receive, and expend funds it receives from public or private organizations to fund the seminars.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 571.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 571 - General Provisions|Section 571.006. Executive Commissioner and Department Powers

Sec. 571.006.  EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER AND DEPARTMENT POWERS.  (a)  The executive commissioner may adopt rules as necessary for the proper and efficient treatment of persons with mental illness.(b)  The department may:(1)   prescribe the form and content of applications, certificates, records, and reports provided for under this subtitle;(2)  require reports from a facility administrator relating to the admission, examination, diagnosis, release, or discharge of any patient;(3)  regularly visit each mental health facility to review the commitment procedure for each new patient admitted after the last visit; and(4)  visit a mental health facility to investigate a complaint made by a patient or by a person on behalf of a patient.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1356, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 571.0065 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 571 - General Provisions|Section 571.0065. Treatment Methods

Sec. 571.0065.  TREATMENT METHODS.  (a)  The executive commissioner by rule may adopt procedures for an advisory committee to review treatment methods for persons with mental illness.(b)  A state agency that has knowledge of or receives a complaint relating to an abusive treatment method shall report that knowledge or forward a copy of the complaint to the department.(c)  A mental health facility, physician, or other mental health professional is not liable for an injury or other damages sustained by a person as a result of the failure of the facility, physician, or professional to administer or perform a treatment prohibited by statute or rules adopted by the executive commissioner.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 573, Sec. 3.01(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 337, Sec. 1, eff. May 27, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1050 (S.B. 71), Sec. 22(14), eff. September 1, 2011.Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1083 (S.B. 1179), Sec. 25(98), eff. June 17, 2011.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1357, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 571.0066 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 571 - General Provisions|Section 571.0066. Prescription Medication Information

Sec. 571.0066.  PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION INFORMATION.  (a)  The executive commissioner by rule shall require a mental health facility that admits a patient under this subtitle to provide to the patient in the patient's primary language, if possible, information relating to prescription medications ordered by the patient's treating physician.(b)  At a minimum, the required information must:(1)  identify the major types of prescription medications;  and(2)  specify for each major type:(A)  the conditions the medications are commonly used to treat;(B)  the beneficial effects on those conditions generally expected from the medications;(C)  side effects and risks associated with the medications;(D)  commonly used examples of medications of the major type;  and(E)  sources of detailed information concerning a particular medication.(c)  The facility shall also provide the information to the patient's family on request, but only to the extent not otherwise prohibited by state or federal confidentiality laws.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 903, Sec. 1.01, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.  Renumbered from Health & Safety Code Sec. 571.0065 by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 17.01(32), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1358, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 571.0067 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 571 - General Provisions|Section 571.0067. Restraint and Seclusion

Sec. 571.0067.  RESTRAINT AND SECLUSION.  A person providing services to a patient of a mental hospital or mental health facility shall comply with Chapter 322 and the rules adopted under that chapter.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 698 (S.B. 325), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 571.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 571 - General Provisions|Section 571.007. Delegation of Powers and Duties

Sec. 571.007.  DELEGATION OF POWERS AND DUTIES.  (a)  Except as otherwise expressly provided by this subtitle, an authorized, qualified department employee may exercise a power granted to or perform a duty imposed on the department.(b)  Except as otherwise expressly provided by this subtitle, an authorized, qualified person designated by a facility administrator may exercise a power granted to or perform a duty imposed on the facility administrator.(c)  The delegation of a duty under this section does not relieve the department or a facility administrator from responsibility.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 571.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 571 - General Provisions|Section 571.008. Return of Committed Patient to State of Residence

Sec. 571.008.  RETURN OF COMMITTED PATIENT TO STATE OF RESIDENCE.  (a)  The department may return a nonresident patient committed to a department mental health facility or other mental health facility under Section 571.0081 to the proper agency of the patient's state of residence.(b)  The department may permit the return of a resident of this state who is committed to a mental health facility in another state.(c)  Subject to Section 571.0081, the department may enter into reciprocal agreements with the state or local authorities, as defined by Section 571.0081, of other states to facilitate the return of persons committed to mental health facilities in this state or another state to the states of their residence.(d)  A department facility administrator may detain for not more than 96 hours pending a court order in a commitment proceeding in this state a patient returned to this state from another state where the person was committed.(e)  The state returning a committed patient to another state shall bear the expenses of returning the patient, unless the state agrees to share costs under a reciprocal agreement under Section 571.0081.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 169 (S.B. 1889), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 571.0081 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 571 - General Provisions|Section 571.0081. Return of Committed Patient to State of Residence; Reciprocal Agreements

Sec. 571.0081.  RETURN OF COMMITTED PATIENT TO STATE OF RESIDENCE; RECIPROCAL AGREEMENTS.  (a)  In this section, "state or local authority" means a state or local government authority or agency or a representative of a state or local government authority or agency acting in an official capacity.(b)  If a state or local authority of another state petitions the department, the department shall enter into a reciprocal agreement with the state or local authority to facilitate the return of persons committed to mental health facilities in this state to the state of their residence unless the department determines that the terms of the agreement are not acceptable.(c)  A reciprocal agreement entered into by the department under Subsection (b) must require the department to develop a process for returning persons committed to mental health facilities to their state of residence.  The process must:(1)  provide suitable care for the person committed to a mental health facility;(2)  use available resources efficiently; and(3)  consider commitment to a proximate mental health facility to facilitate the return of the committed patient to the patient's state of residence.(d)  For the purpose of this section, the department shall coordinate, as appropriate, with a mental health facility, a mental hospital, health service providers, courts, and law enforcement personnel located in the geographic area nearest the petitioning state.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 169 (S.B. 1889), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 571.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 571 - General Provisions|Section 571.009. Effect of Certain Conditions on Admission or Commitment

Sec. 571.009.  EFFECT OF CERTAIN CONDITIONS ON ADMISSION OR COMMITMENT.  A person with mental illness may not be denied admission or commitment to a mental health facility because the person also suffers from epilepsy, dementia, substance abuse, or intellectual disability.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1359, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 571.010 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 571 - General Provisions|Section 571.010. Agent for Service of Process

Sec. 571.010.  AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS.  (a)  The facility administrator or the superintendent, supervisor, or manager of an inpatient mental health facility is the agent for service of process on a patient confined in the facility.(b)  The person receiving process shall sign a certificate with the person's name and title that states that the person is aware of the provisions of this subtitle.  The certificate shall be attached to the citation and returned by the serving officer.(c)  The person receiving process, not later than the third day after its receipt, shall forward it by registered mail to the patient's legal guardian or personally deliver it to the patient, whichever appears to be in the patient's best interest.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 571.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 571 - General Provisions|Section 571.011. Application to Persons Charged With Crime

Sec. 571.011.  APPLICATION TO PERSONS CHARGED WITH CRIME.  (a)  A child alleged to have engaged in delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision under Title 3, Family Code, is not considered under this subtitle to be a person charged with a criminal offense.(b)  The provisions in this subtitle relating to the discharge, furlough, or transfer of a patient do not apply to a person charged with a criminal offense who is admitted to a mental health facility under Subchapter D or E, Chapter 46B, Code of Criminal Procedure.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 35, Sec. 9, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 571.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 571 - General Provisions|Section 571.012. Court Hours; Availability of Judge or Magistrate

Sec. 571.012.  COURT HOURS;  AVAILABILITY OF JUDGE OR MAGISTRATE.  The probate court or court having probate jurisdiction shall be open for proceedings under this subtitle during normal business hours.  The probate judge or magistrate shall be available at all times at the request of a person apprehended or detained under Chapter 573, or a proposed patient under Chapter 574.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 485, Sec. 1, eff. June 11, 2001.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 571.013 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 571 - General Provisions|Section 571.013. Method of Giving Notice

Sec. 571.013.  METHOD OF GIVING NOTICE.  Except as otherwise provided by this subtitle, notice required under this subtitle may be given by delivering a copy of the notice or document in person or in another manner directed by the court that is reasonably calculated to give actual notice.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 571.014 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 571 - General Provisions|Section 571.014. Filing Requirements

Sec. 571.014.  FILING REQUIREMENTS.  (a)  Each application, petition, certificate, or other paper permitted or required to be filed in a probate court or court having probate jurisdiction under this subtitle must be filed with the county clerk of the proper county.(b)  The county clerk shall file each paper after endorsing on it:(1)  the date on which the paper is filed;(2)  the docket number;  and(3)  the clerk's official signature.(c)  A person may initially file a paper with the county clerk by the use of reproduced, photocopied, or electronically transmitted paper if the person files the original signed copies of the paper with the clerk not later than the 72nd hour after the hour on which the initial filing is made.  If the 72-hour period ends on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the filing period is extended until 4 p.m. on the first succeeding business day.  If extremely hazardous weather conditions exist or a disaster occurs, the presiding judge or magistrate may by written order made each day extend the filing period until 4 p.m. on the first succeeding business day.  The written order must declare that an emergency exists because of the weather or the occurrence of a disaster.  If a person detained under this subtitle would otherwise be released because the original signed copy of a paper is not filed within the 72-hour period but for the extension of the filing period under this section, the person may be detained until the expiration of the extended filing period.  This subsection does not affect another provision of this subtitle requiring the release or discharge of a person.(d)  If the clerk does not receive the original signed copy of a paper within the period prescribed by this section, the judge may dismiss the proceeding on the court's own motion or on the motion of a party and, if the proceeding is dismissed, shall order the immediate release of a proposed patient who is not at liberty.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 107, Sec. 6.42, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 571.015 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 571 - General Provisions|Section 571.015. Inspection of Court Records

Sec. 571.015.  INSPECTION OF COURT RECORDS.  (a)  Each paper in a docket for mental health proceedings in the county clerk's office, including the docket book, indexes, and judgment books, is a public record of a private nature that may be used, inspected, or copied only under a written order issued by the county judge, a judge of a court that has probate jurisdiction, or a judge of a district court having jurisdiction in the county in which the docket is located.(b)  A judge may not issue an order under Subsection (a) unless the judge enters a finding that:(1)  the use, inspection, or copying is justified and in the public interest;  or(2)  the paper is to be released to the person to whom it relates or to a person designated in a written release signed by the person to whom the paper relates.(c)  In addition to the finding required by Subsection (b), if a law relating to confidentiality of mental health information or physician-patient privilege applies, the judge must find that the reasons for the use, inspection, or copying fall within the applicable statutory exemptions.(d)  The papers shall be released to an attorney representing the proposed patient in a proceeding held under this subtitle.(e)  This section does not affect access of law enforcement personnel to necessary information in execution of a writ or warrant.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 571.016 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 571 - General Provisions|Section 571.016. Representation of State

Sec. 571.016.  REPRESENTATION OF STATE.  Unless specified otherwise, in a hearing held under this subtitle, including a hearing held under Subchapter G, Chapter 574:(1)  the county attorney shall represent the state; or(2)  if the county has no county attorney, the district attorney, the criminal district attorney, or a court-appointed special prosecutor shall represent the state.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 322, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 770, Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 832 (H.B. 3342), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 571.0165 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 571 - General Provisions|Section 571.0165. Extension of Detention Period

Sec. 571.0165.  EXTENSION OF DETENTION PERIOD.  (a)  If extremely hazardous weather conditions exist or a disaster occurs, the judge of a court having jurisdiction of a proceeding under Chapters 572, 573, 574, and 575 or a magistrate appointed by the judge may by written order made each day extend the period during which the person may be detained under those chapters until 4 p.m. on the first succeeding business day.(b)  The written order must declare that an emergency exists because of the weather or the occurrence of a disaster.(c)  This section does not apply to a situation for which a specific procedure is prescribed by this subtitle for extending the detention period because of extremely hazardous weather conditions or the occurrence of a disaster.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 107, Sec. 6.43, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 571.0166 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 571 - General Provisions|Section 571.0166. Proceedings on Behalf of the State

Sec. 571.0166.  PROCEEDINGS ON BEHALF OF THE STATE.  All applications under this subtitle shall be filed on behalf of the State of Texas and styled "The State of Texas for the Best Interest and Protection of (NAME) the (patient or proposed patient)."|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 770, Sec. 2, eff. June 16, 1995.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 571.0167 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 571 - General Provisions|Section 571.0167. Habeas Corpus Proceedings

Sec. 571.0167.  HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDINGS.  (a)  A petition for a writ of habeas corpus arising from a commitment order must be filed in the court of appeals for the county in which the order is entered.(b)  The state shall be made a party in a habeas corpus proceeding described in Subsection (a).  The appropriate attorney prescribed by Section 571.016 shall represent the state.(c)  In a habeas corpus proceeding in which a department inpatient mental health facility or a physician employed by a department inpatient mental health facility is a party as a result of enforcing a commitment order, the appropriate attorney prescribed by Section 571.016 shall represent the facility or physician, or both the facility and physician if both are parties, unless the attorney determines that representation violates the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 832 (H.B. 3342), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2011.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1360, eff. April 2, 2015.|