Texas Code of Criminal Procedure 46C.258 – Responsibility of Inpatient or Residential Care Facility
(a) The head of the facility to which an acquitted person is committed has, during the commitment period, a continuing responsibility to determine:
(1) whether the acquitted person continues to have a severe mental illness or an intellectual disability and is likely to cause serious harm to another because of any severe mental illness or intellectual disability; and
(2) if so, whether treatment and supervision cannot be safely and effectively provided as outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision.
(b) The head of the facility must notify the committing court and seek modification of the order of commitment if the head of the facility determines that an acquitted person no longer has a severe mental illness or an intellectual disability, is no longer likely to cause serious harm to another, or that treatment and supervision can be safely and effectively provided as outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision.
Terms Used In Texas Code of Criminal Procedure 46C.258
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) Not later than the 60th day before the date of expiration of the order, the head of the facility shall transmit to the committing court a psychological evaluation of the acquitted person, a certificate of medical examination of the person, and any recommendation for further treatment of the person. The committing court shall make the documents available to the attorneys representing the state and the acquitted person.