Sec. 593.012. ABSENT WITHOUT AUTHORITY. (a) The director of a residential care facility to which a client has been admitted for court-ordered care and treatment may have a client who is absent without authority taken into custody, detained, and returned to the facility by issuing a certificate to a law enforcement agency of the municipality or county in which the facility is located or by obtaining a court order issued by a magistrate in the manner prescribed by Section 574.083.
(b) The client shall be returned to the residential care facility in accordance with the procedures prescribed by Section 574.083.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1016, Sec. 2, eff. June 18, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1187, Sec. 20, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1006, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1431, eff. April 2, 2015.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability
Subtitle D - Persons With an Intellectual Disability Act
Chapter 593 - Admission and Commitment to Intellectual Disability Services
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 593.002. Consent Required
Section 593.003. Requirement of Determination of an Intellectual Disability
Section 593.004. Application for Determination of an Intellectual Disability
Section 593.005. Determination of an Intellectual Disability
Section 593.007. Notification of Certain Rights
Section 593.008. Administrative Hearing
Section 593.009. Hearing Report; Final Decision
Section 593.011. Fees for Services
Section 593.012. Absent Without Authority
Section 593.013. Requirement of Interdisciplinary Team Recommendation