Texas Statutes
Subchapter D. Court-Ordered Treatment
Section 462.071. Order for Temporary Detention

Sec. 462.071. ORDER FOR TEMPORARY DETENTION. (a) The person responsible for a patient's court-ordered outpatient care or treatment or the administrator of the outpatient treatment facility in which a patient receives care or treatment shall file a sworn application for the patient's temporary detention pending the modification hearing.
(b) The application must state the applicant's opinion and detail the basis for the applicant's opinion that:
(1) the patient meets the criteria described by Section 462.072; and
(2) detention in an approved inpatient treatment facility is necessary to evaluate the appropriate setting for continued court-ordered services.
(c) The court may issue an order for temporary detention if the court finds from the information in the application that there is probable cause to believe that the opinions stated in the application are valid.
(d) At the time the order for temporary detention is signed, the court shall appoint an attorney to represent a patient who does not have an attorney.
(e) Within 72 hours after the time the detention begins, the court that issued the temporary detention order shall provide to the patient and the patient's attorney a written notice that states:
(1) that the patient has been placed under a temporary detention order;
(2) the grounds for the order; and
(3) the time and place of the modification hearing.
(f) A temporary detention order shall direct a peace officer or other designated person to take the patient into custody and transport the patient immediately to:
(1) the nearest appropriate approved inpatient treatment facility; or
(2) a suitable facility if an appropriate approved inpatient treatment facility is not available.
(g) A patient may be detained under a temporary detention order for not more than 72 hours. The exceptions applicable to the 72-hour limitation for holding a probable cause hearing for an order of protective custody under Section 462.066(a) apply to detention under this section.
(h) A facility administrator shall immediately release a patient held under a temporary detention order if the facility administrator does not receive notice that the patient's continued detention was authorized after a modification hearing was held within the period prescribed by Subsection (g).
(i) A patient released from an inpatient treatment facility under Subsection (h) continues to be subject to the order committing the person to an approved outpatient treatment facility, if the order has not expired.
Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 175, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.