Tex.
Code of Crim. Proc. Article 46B.073
Commitment for Restoration to Competency
(a)
This article applies only to a defendant not released on bail who is subject to an initial restoration period based on Article 46B.071 (Options on Determination of Incompetency).(b)
For purposes of further examination and competency restoration services with the specific objective of the defendant attaining competency to stand trial, the court shall commit a defendant described by Subsection (a) to a mental health facility, residential care facility, or jail-based competency restoration program for the applicable period as follows:(1)
a period of not more than 60 days, if the defendant is charged with an offense punishable as a misdemeanor; or(2)
a period of not more than 120 days, if the defendant is charged with an offense punishable as a felony.(c)
If the defendant is charged with an offense listed in Article 17.032 (Release on Personal Bond of Certain Defendants with Mental Illness or Intellectual Disability)(a) or if the indictment alleges an affirmative finding under Article 42A.054 (Limitation on Judge-ordered Community Supervision)(c) or (d), the court shall enter an order committing the defendant for competency restoration services to a facility designated by the commission.(d)
If the defendant is not charged with an offense described by Subsection (c) and the indictment does not allege an affirmative finding under Article 42A.054 (Limitation on Judge-ordered Community Supervision)(c) or (d), the court shall enter an order committing the defendant to a mental health facility or residential care facility determined to be appropriate by the local mental health authority or local intellectual and developmental disability authority or to a jail-based competency restoration program. A defendant may be committed to a jail-based competency restoration program only if the program provider determines the defendant will begin to receive competency restoration services within 72 hours of arriving at the program.(e)
Except as provided by Subsection (f), a defendant charged with an offense punishable as a Class B misdemeanor may be committed under this subchapter only to a jail-based competency restoration program.(f)
A defendant charged with an offense punishable as a Class B misdemeanor may be committed to a mental health facility or residential care facility described by Subsection (d) only if a jail-based competency restoration program is not available or a licensed or qualified mental health professional determines that a jail-based competency restoration program is not appropriate.
Source:
Article 46B.073 — Commitment for Restoration to Competency, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.46B.htm#46B.073 (accessed Apr. 20, 2024).
