Tex. Fam. Code Section 55.16
Order for Mental Health Services; Stay of Proceedings


(a)

If the court to which the child’s case is referred under Section 55.12 (Initiation of Proceedings for Court-ordered Mental Health Services)(2) orders temporary or extended mental health services for the child, the court shall immediately notify in writing the referring juvenile court of the court’s order for mental health services.

(b)

If the juvenile court orders temporary or extended mental health services for the child or if the juvenile court receives notice under Subsection (a) from the court to which the child’s case is referred, the proceedings under this title then pending in juvenile court shall be stayed.
Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 1460, ch. 544, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1973. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 262, Sec. 47, eff. May 31, 1995. Redesignated from Family Code Sec. 55.02(d) 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 55.16 — Order for Mental Health Services; Stay of Proceedings, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.­55.­htm#55.­16 (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

Accessed:
May 4, 2024

§ 55.16’s source at texas​.gov