Tex. Fam. Code Section 55.15
Standards of Care; Expiration of Court Order for Mental Health Services

Treatment ordered under this subchapter for a child with mental illness must focus on the stabilization of the child’s mental illness and on meeting the child’s psychiatric needs in the least restrictive appropriate setting. If the juvenile court or a court to which the child’s case is referred under Section 55.12 (Initiation of Proceedings for Court-ordered Mental Health Services)(2) orders mental health services for the child, the child shall be cared for, treated, and released in conformity to Subtitle C, Title 7, Health and Safety Code, except:

(1)

a court order for mental health services for a child automatically expires on the 120th day after the date the child becomes 18 years of age; and

(2)

the administrator of a mental health facility shall notify, in writing, by certified mail, return receipt requested, the juvenile court that ordered mental health services or the juvenile court that referred the case to a court that ordered the mental health services of the intent to discharge the child at least 10 days prior to discharge.
Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 1460, ch. 544, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1973. Amended by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 2157, ch. 693, Sec. 20 and 21, eff. Sept. 1, 1975; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 262, Sec. 47, eff. May 31, 1995. Redesignated from Family Code Sec. 55.02(c) and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1477, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1166 (S.B. 1585), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2023.

Source: Section 55.15 — Standards of Care; Expiration of Court Order for Mental Health Services, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.­55.­htm#55.­15 (accessed May 4, 2024).

55.01
Definitions 55.02
Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Jurisdiction 55.03
Standards of Care 55.04
Forensic Mental Examination 55.05
Criteria for Court-ordered Mental Health Services for Child 55.06
Criteria for Court-ordered Residential Intellectual Disability Services for Child 55.11
Mental Illness Determination 55.12
Initiation of Proceedings for Court-ordered Mental Health Services 55.15
Standards of Care 55.16
Order for Mental Health Services 55.17
Mental Health Services Not Ordered 55.31
Unfitness to Proceed Determination 55.32
Hearing on Issue of Fitness to Proceed 55.33
Proceedings Following Finding of Unfitness to Proceed 55.34
Transportation to and from Facility 55.35
Information Required to Be Sent to Facility or Alternative Setting 55.36
Report that Child Is Fit to Proceed 55.37
Report that Child Is Unfit to Proceed as a Result of Mental Illness 55.40
Report that Child Is Unfit to Proceed as a Result of Intellectual Disability 55.43
Restoration Hearing 55.45
Standards of Care 55.51
Lack of Responsibility for Conduct Determination 55.52
Proceedings Following Finding of Lack of Responsibility for Conduct 55.53
Transportation to and from Facility 55.54
Information Required to Be Sent to Facility or Alternative Setting 55.55
Report that Child Does Not Have Mental Illness or Intellectual Disability 55.56
Report that Child Has Mental Illness 55.59
Report that Child Has Intellectual Disability 55.65
Proceedings in Juvenile Court for Child with Mental Illness 55.66
Proceedings in Juvenile Court for Child Found Unfit to Proceed or Lacking Responsibility for Conduct Due to Mental Illness 55.67
Proceedings in Juvenile Court for Child Found Unfit to Proceed or Lacking Responsibility for Conduct Due to Intellectual Disability 55.68
Referral for Proceedings for Child with Mental Illness or Child Found Unfit to Proceed or Lacking Responsibility for Conduct Due to Mental Illness or Intellectual Disability
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Accessed:
May 4, 2024

§ 55.15’s source at texas​.gov