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TITLE 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 307 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAM
SUBCHAPTER C - JAIL-BASED COMPETENCY RESTORATION PROGRAM
SECTION/RULE §307.125 - Procedures for Determining Competency Status in a JBCR Program
Chapter Review Date 07/23/2024

(a) A JBCR program psychiatrist or psychologist who has the qualifications described by Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 46B.022 must evaluate the individual's competency and report to the court as required by Article 46B.079. (b) A JBCR program psychiatrist or psychologist must promptly send a report to the court, if at any time during an individual's commitment for JBCR, the JBCR psychiatrist or psychologist determines the individual is: (1) restored to competency; or (2) unlikely to be restored to competency in the foreseeable future.(c) If the JBCR program psychiatrist or psychologist determines that the individual has not restored to competency by the end of the 60th calendar day after the date the individual began receiving JBCR, the JBCR program must continue to provide competency restoration services to the individual for the period authorized under Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 46B, Subchapter D, including any extension ordered under Article 46B.080, unless the JBCR program is notified that space at a mental health facility or residential care facility or an OCR program appropriate for the individual is available and:(1) for an individual charged with a felony, not less than 45 calendar days are remaining in the initial restoration period; or(2) for an individual charged with a felony or misdemeanor, an extension has been ordered under Article 46B.080 and not less than 45 calendar days are remaining under the extension order.(d) After receipt of a notice under subsection (c) of this section, the JBCR program must collaborate with the court and the county jail to support the transfer of the individual without unnecessary delay to the appropriate mental health facility, residential care facility, or OCR program for the remainder of the period permitted by Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 46B.073(b), including any extension that may be ordered under Article 46B.080 if an extension has not previously been ordered under that article.(e) If the individual is not transferred, as referenced in subsection (d) of this section, and if the JBCR program psychiatrist or psychologist determines that the individual has not been restored to competency by the end of the period authorized under Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 46B, Subchapter D, the individual must be returned to the court for further proceedings.

Source Note: The provisions of this §307.125 adopted to be effective August 6, 2018, 43 TexReg 5091; transferred effective February 15, 2020, as published in the Texas Register January 17, 2020, 45 TexReg 470; amended to be effective February 23, 2025, 50 TexReg 1022.

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