Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 903 - INTERSTATE COMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
Section 903.5 - Legal Basis for Institutionalization

(a) A person with a mental illness or an intellectual or developmental disability who is involuntarily committed by another state and who transfers to Texas may be detained for up to 96 hours. To detain a person for more than 96 hours, one of the following must apply:

(b) An appropriate court in the county of a state hospital or local authority's service area may conduct commitment proceedings of a person transferred to the state hospital or local authority from another state.

(c) Court commitment of a person with intellectual and developmental disabilities to an SSLC is governed by Texas Health and Safety Code § 593.041 and § 593.052.

(d) Voluntary admission of a person with an intellectual and developmental disability to an SSLC is governed by Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 593, Subchapters A and B and 40 TAC Chapter 2, subchapter F (relating to Continuity of Services--State Facilities).

(e) Voluntary admission of a person with mental illness to a state hospital is governed by Chapter 306, subchapter D of Title 40 (relating to Mental Health Services--Admission, Continuity, and Discharge) and Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 572.