Clone of TAC - Rule 320.65 - Patients Committed to Mental Health Facilities under Provisions Other than Those Found in the Texas Health and Safety Code (i.e., Code of Criminal Procedure, Family Code)

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TITLE 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

PART 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION

CHAPTER 320 - RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS

SUBCHAPTER B - CONSENT TO TREATMENT WITH PSYCHOACTIVE MEDICATION

SECTION/RULE §320.65 - Patients Committed to Mental Health Facilities under Provisions Other than Those Found in the Texas Health and Safety Code (i.e., Code of Criminal Procedure, Family Code)

(a) The decision to administer medication to a patient committed to a TDMHMR mental health facility under provisions other than THSC §574.034 or §574.035 must be is consistent with the holding in Sell v. United States, 123 S.Ct. 2174 (2003).(b) Nothing in this section is intended to preclude the administration of psychoactive medication to any patient in a psychiatric emergency as provided for in §414.410 of this title (relating to Psychiatric Emergencies).

Source Note: The provisions of this §320.65 adopted to be effective August 31, 2004, 29 TexReg 8317; transferred effective December 27, 2024, as published in the November 29, 2024, issue of the Texas Register, 49 TexReg 9772.

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