Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 81.177 — COMMITMENT TO PRIVATE FACILITY

HS § 81.177Title 2. HEALTH · Part D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES · Ch. 81. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS; PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES · Art. G. COURT ORDERS FOR MANAGEMENT OF PERSONS WITH COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

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(a)The court may order a person committed to a private health care facility at no expense to the state if the court receives:

(1)an application signed by the person or the person's guardian or next friend requesting that the person be placed in a designated private health care facility at the person's or applicant's expense; and

(2)a written agreement from the head of the private health care facility to admit the person and to accept responsibility for the person in accordance with this chapter.

(b)Consistent with Subsection (a), the court may order a person committed to a private health care facility at no expense to the state, a county, a municipality, or a hospital district if:

(1)a state of disaster or a public health disaster has been declared or an area quarantine is imposed under Section 81.085;

(2)the health care facility is located within the disaster area or area quarantine, as applicable; and

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Legislative history

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 258 (S.B. 11), Sec. 14.14, eff. September 1, 2007.