Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 46C.266
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 46C.266, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 46C.266. MODIFICATION OR REVOCATION OF ORDER FOR OUTPATIENT OR COMMUNITY-BASED TREATMENT AND SUPERVISION.
Official statutory text
(a) The court, on its own motion or the motion of any interested person and after notice to the acquitted person and a hearing, may modify or revoke court-ordered outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision.
(b) At the hearing, the court without a jury shall determine whether the state has established clear and convincing evidence that:
(1) the acquitted person failed to comply with the regimen in a manner or under circumstances indicating the person will become likely to cause serious harm to another if the person is provided continued outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision; or
(2) the acquitted person has become likely to cause serious harm to another if provided continued outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision.
(c) On a determination under Subsection (b), the court may take any appropriate action, including:
(1) revoking court-ordered outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision and ordering the person committed for inpatient or residential care; or
(2) imposing additional or more stringent terms on continued outpatient or community-based treatment.
(d) An acquitted person who is the subject of a proceeding under this article is entitled to representation by counsel in the proceeding.
(e) The court shall set a date for a hearing under this article that is not later than the seventh day after the applicable motion was filed. The court may grant one or more continuances of the hearing on the motion of a party or of the court and for good cause shown.
(b) At the hearing, the court without a jury shall determine whether the state has established clear and convincing evidence that:
(1) the acquitted person failed to comply with the regimen in a manner or under circumstances indicating the person will become likely to cause serious harm to another if the person is provided continued outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision; or
(2) the acquitted person has become likely to cause serious harm to another if provided continued outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision.
(c) On a determination under Subsection (b), the court may take any appropriate action, including:
(1) revoking court-ordered outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision and ordering the person committed for inpatient or residential care; or
(2) imposing additional or more stringent terms on continued outpatient or community-based treatment.
(d) An acquitted person who is the subject of a proceeding under this article is entitled to representation by counsel in the proceeding.
(e) The court shall set a date for a hearing under this article that is not later than the seventh day after the applicable motion was filed. The court may grant one or more continuances of the hearing on the motion of a party or of the court and for good cause shown.
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