Sec. 594.032.  TRANSFER OF COURT-COMMITTED RESIDENT.  (a)  The director may transfer a resident committed to a residential care facility under Subchapter C, Chapter 593, to a state mental hospital for mental health care if:
(1)  an examination of the resident by a licensed physician indicates symptoms of mental illness to the extent that care, treatment, and rehabilitation in a state mental hospital is in the best interest of the resident;
(2)  the hospital administrator of the state mental hospital to which the resident is to be transferred agrees to the transfer; and
(3)  the director coordinates the transfer with the hospital administrator of the state mental hospital.
(b)  A resident transferred from a residential care facility to a state mental hospital may not remain in the hospital for longer than 30 consecutive days unless the transfer is authorized by a court order under this subchapter.
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. 3.1463, eff. April 2, 2015.