Section 568.26 - Voluntary Treatment Following Involuntary AdmissionA hospital may provide inpatient mental health treatment to an involuntary patient after the patient is eligible for discharge, as described in § 568.84 of this chapter (relating to Discharge of an Involuntary Patient), if before the provision of such treatment:
(1) the hospital obtains written consent for voluntary inpatient mental health treatment that meets the requirements of a request for voluntary admission, as described in § 568.22(a) of this subchapter (relating to Voluntary Admission); and(2) the patient's treating physician: (A) examines the patient; and(B) based on that examination, issues an order for voluntary inpatient mental health treatment that meets the requirements of § 568.22(i) of this subchapter.26 Tex. Admin. Code § 568.26
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 46, Number 21, May 21, 2021, TexReg 3283, eff. 5/27/2021