Sec. 571.008.  RETURN OF COMMITTED PATIENT TO STATE OF RESIDENCE.  (a)  The department may return a nonresident patient committed to a department mental health facility or other mental health facility under Section 571.0081 to the proper agency of the patient's state of residence.
(b)  The department may permit the return of a resident of this state who is committed to a mental health facility in another state.
(c)  Subject to Section 571.0081, the department may enter into reciprocal agreements with the state or local authorities, as defined by Section 571.0081, of other states to facilitate the return of persons committed to mental health facilities in this state or another state to the states of their residence.
(d)  A department facility administrator may detain for not more than 96 hours pending a court order in a commitment proceeding in this state a patient returned to this state from another state where the person was committed.
(e)  The state returning a committed patient to another state shall bear the expenses of returning the patient, unless the state agrees to share costs under a reciprocal agreement under Section 571.0081.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by: 
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 169 (S.B. 1889), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.