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2022 Texas Statutes
Health and Safety Code
Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability
Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code
Chapter 572 - Voluntary Mental Health Services
Section 572.0051. Transportation of Patient to Another State
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TX Health & Safety Code § 572.0051 (2022)
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Sec. 572.0051. TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENT TO ANOTHER STATE. A person may not transport a patient to a mental health facility in another state for inpatient mental health services under this chapter unless transportation to that facility is authorized by a court order.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 566 (S.B. 718), Sec. 4, eff. June 14, 2013.
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