Art. 46C.262.  COURT-ORDERED OUTPATIENT OR COMMUNITY-BASED TREATMENT AND SUPERVISION AFTER INPATIENT COMMITMENT.  (a)  An acquitted person, the head of the facility to which the acquitted person is committed, or the attorney representing the state may request that the court modify an order for inpatient treatment or residential care to order outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision.
(b)  The court shall hold a hearing on a request made by the head of the facility to which the acquitted person is committed.  A hearing under this subsection must be held not later than the 14th day after the date of the request.
(c)  If a request is made by an acquitted person or the attorney representing the state, the court must act on the request not later than the 14th day after the date of the request.  A hearing under this subsection is at the discretion of the court, except that the court shall hold a hearing if the request and any accompanying material provide a basis for believing modification of the order may be appropriate.
(d)  If a request is made by an acquitted person not later than the 90th day after the date of a hearing on a previous request, the court is not required to act on the request except on the expiration of the order or on the expiration of the 90-day period following the date of the hearing on the previous request.
(e)  The court shall rule on the request during or as soon as practicable after any hearing on the request but not later than the 14th day after the date of the request.
(f)  The court shall modify the commitment order to direct outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision if at the hearing the acquitted person establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that treatment and supervision can be safely and effectively provided as outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 831 (S.B. 837), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.