Texas Code of Criminal Procedure
§ 14.035 — AUTHORITY TO RELEASE IN LIEU OF ARREST CERTAIN PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY
CR § 14.035Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 14. ARREST WITHOUT WARRANT
Statute text
View on source(a)This article applies only to a person with an intellectual or developmental disability who resides at one of the following types of facilities operated under the home and community-based services waiver program in accordance with Section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396n):
(1)a group home; or
(2)an intermediate care facility for persons with an intellectual or developmental disability (ICF/IID) as defined by 40 T.A.C. Section 9.153.
(b)In lieu of arresting a person described by Subsection (a), a peace officer may release the person at the person's residence if the officer:
(1)believes confinement of the person in a correctional facility as defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code, is unnecessary to protect the person and the other persons who reside at the residence; and
(2)made reasonable efforts to consult with the staff at the person's residence and with the person regarding that decision.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 460 (H.B. 3540), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.