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Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 575.013. Transfer of Person With an Intellectual Disability to State Supported Living Center

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The facility administrator of an inpatient mental health facility operated by the department may transfer an involuntary patient in the facility to a state supported living center for persons with an intellectual disability if:

(1) an examination of the patient indicates that the patient has symptoms of an intellectual disability to the extent that training, education, rehabilitation, care, treatment, and supervision in a state supported living center are in the patient's best interest;

(2) the director of the state supported living center to which the patient is to be transferred agrees to the transfer; and

(3) the facility administrator coordinates the transfer with the director of that state supported living center.

(b) A certificate containing the diagnosis and the facility administrator's recommendation of transfer to a specific state supported living center shall be furnished to the committing court.

(c) The patient may not be transferred before the judge of the committing court enters an order approving the transfer.

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