Texas § 13.004 TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY.

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§ 13.004 — TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY.

Texas § 13.004

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Tex. Health and Safety Code Code Ann. § 13.004 (2026).

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Sec. 13.004. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY.

(a)The department or the Department of Aging and Disability Services, as appropriate, may transfer a person with mental illness or an intellectual disability who is infected with tuberculosis to a public health hospital as defined by Section 13.033 .

(b)The person may be transferred without that person's consent.

(c)The cost of maintaining and treating the person at the Texas Center for Infectious Disease shall be paid from appropriations to that hospital.

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Sec. 13.004. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY. (a) The department or the Department of Aging and Disability Services, as appropriate, may transfer a person with mental illness or an intellectual disability who is infected with tuberculosis to a public health hospital as defined by Section 13.033 .
(b) The person may be transferred without that person's consent.
(c) The cost of maintaining and treating the person at the Texas Center for Infectious Disease shall be paid from appropriations to that hospital.

Legislative History

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 107, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219 ), Sec. 3.0051, eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219 ), Sec. 3.0052, eff. April 2, 2015.