Title HS, Health and Safety Code

Sec. 841.153. STATE-ISSUED IDENTIFICATION; NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION. (a) On the release of a committed person from a correctional facility, secure correctional facility, or secure detention facility, as those terms are defined by Section 841.151, the office shall: (1) determine wh…

Sec. 841.201. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Capacity" means a committed person's ability to: (A) understand the nature and consequences of a proposed treatment, including the benefits, risks, and alternatives to the proposed treatment; and (B) make a decision whether to u…

Sec. 841.202. ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION TO COMMITTED PERSON. A person may not administer a psychoactive medication to a committed person who refuses to take the medication voluntarily unless: (1) the committed person is having a medication-related emergency; or (2) the committ…

Sec. 841.203. PHYSICIAN'S APPLICATION FOR ORDER TO AUTHORIZE PSYCHOACTIVE MEDICATION; DATE OF HEARING. (a) A physician who is treating a committed person may, on behalf of the state, file an application in a probate court or a court with probate jurisdiction for an order to autho…

Sec. 841.204. RIGHTS OF COMMITTED PERSON. A committed person for whom an application under Section 841.203 is filed is entitled to: (1) representation by a court-appointed attorney who is knowledgeable about issues to be adjudicated at the hearing; (2) meet with that attorney as …

Sec. 841.205. HEARING AND ORDER AUTHORIZING PSYCHOACTIVE MEDICATION. (a) The court may issue an order authorizing the administration of one or more classes of psychoactive medication to a committed person who is receiving mental health services under Section 841.0835 or other law…

Sec. 841.206. FINDING THAT COMMITTED PERSON PRESENTS A DANGER. In making a finding under Section 841.205(b)(2) that the committed person presents a danger to the committed person or others in the civil commitment center in which the committed person is being treated, the court sh…

Sec. 841.207. COSTS. (a) The court shall order the payment of reasonable compensation to attorneys, physicians, language interpreters, sign interpreters, and associate judges appointed under this subchapter. The compensation paid shall be assessed as court costs. (b) The agency r…

Sec. 841.208. APPEAL. (a) An appeal from an order issued under Section 841.205, or from a renewal or modification of an order, must be filed in the court of appeals for the county in which the order is issued. (b) Notice of appeal must be filed not later than the 10th day after t…

Sec. 841.209. EXPIRATION OF ORDER. An order issued under Section 841.205 expires on the first anniversary of the date the order was issued. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 351 (S.B. 1179), Sec. 27, eff. September 1, 2023.