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.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability
Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code
Chapter 571 - General Provisions
Section 571.004. Least Restrictive Appropriate Setting
Section 571.005. Texas Mental Health Code Information Program
Section 571.006. Executive Commissioner and Department Powers
Section 571.0065. Treatment Methods
Section 571.0066. Prescription Medication Information
Section 571.0067. Restraint and Seclusion
Section 571.007. Delegation of Powers and Duties
Section 571.008. Return of Committed Patient to State of Residence
Section 571.0081. Return of Committed Patient to State of Residence; Reciprocal Agreements
Section 571.009. Effect of Certain Conditions on Admission or Commitment
Section 571.010. Agent for Service of Process
Section 571.011. Application to Persons Charged With Crime
Section 571.012. Court Hours; Availability of Judge or Magistrate
Section 571.013. Method of Giving Notice
Section 571.014. Filing Requirements
Section 571.015. Inspection of Court Records
Section 571.016. Representation of State
Section 571.0165. Extension of Detention Period
Section 571.0166. Proceedings on Behalf of the State
Section 571.0167. Habeas Corpus Proceedings
Section 571.017. Compensation of Court-Appointed Personnel
Section 571.019. Limitation of Liability
Section 571.020. Criminal Penalties
Section 571.021. Enforcement Officers
Section 571.023. Civil Penalty
Section 571.024. Notice of Suit