Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 575.001
Authorization for Admission


(a)

The facility administrator of an inpatient mental health facility may admit and detain a patient under the procedures prescribed by this subtitle.

(b)

The facility administrator of an inpatient mental health facility operated by a community center or other entity the department designates to provide mental health services may not admit or detain a patient under an order for temporary or extended court-ordered mental health services unless the facility is licensed under Chapter 577 (Private Mental Hospitals and Other Mental Health Facilities).
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

Source: Section 575.001 — Authorization for Admission, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­575.­htm#575.­001 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 575.001’s source at texas​.gov