Sec. 594.044. TRANSFER TO RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY. (a) Except as provided by Section 594.045, a resident who is transferred to a state mental hospital and no longer requires treatment in a state mental hospital but requires treatment in a residential care facility shall be returned to the residential care facility from which the resident was transferred.
(b) The hospital administrator of the state mental hospital shall notify the director of the facility from which the resident was transferred that hospitalization in a state mental hospital is not necessary or appropriate for the resident. The director shall immediately provide for the return of the resident to the facility.
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. 3.1466, eff. April 2, 2015.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1467, eff. April 2, 2015.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability
Subtitle D - Persons With an Intellectual Disability Act
Chapter 594 - Transfer and Discharge
Subchapter C. Transfer to State Mental Hospital
Section 594.031. Transfer of Voluntary Resident
Section 594.032. Transfer of Court-Committed Resident
Section 594.033. Evaluation; Court Order
Section 594.034. Request for Transfer Order
Section 594.037. Hearing Location
Section 594.038. Hearing Before Jury
Section 594.039. Resident Present at Hearing
Section 594.040. Opening Hearing
Section 594.041. Medical Evidence
Section 594.042. Hearing Determination
Section 594.043. Discharge of Resident