Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.211
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.211, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 81.211. FILING AND STATUS OF FOREIGN COURT ORDERS.
Official statutory text
(a) In the case of a person who is not a resident of this state and who may be admitted to a public health hospital in accordance with Section 13.046, the attorney general, at the request of the department, shall file a copy of an order issued by a court of another state that authorizes the commitment of the person to a health care facility for inpatient care in the manner provided by Chapter 35, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, for enforcement of foreign judgments.
(b) The application must be filed with the district court in the county in which the public health hospital to which the person will be admitted is located.
(c) A filed foreign court order that authorizes the commitment of a person to a health care facility for inpatient care may be enforced in the same manner as a court order of the court in which it is filed.
(d) A foreign court order that authorizes the commitment of a person to a health care facility for inpatient care is subject to the contractual agreement with the foreign state entered into under Section 13.046.
(b) The application must be filed with the district court in the county in which the public health hospital to which the person will be admitted is located.
(c) A filed foreign court order that authorizes the commitment of a person to a health care facility for inpatient care may be enforced in the same manner as a court order of the court in which it is filed.
(d) A foreign court order that authorizes the commitment of a person to a health care facility for inpatient care is subject to the contractual agreement with the foreign state entered into under Section 13.046.
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