Tex. Gov't Code § 501.068

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 501.068 - Mental Health Assessment for Certain Inmates
(a) Before the department may confine an inmate in administrative segregation, an appropriate medical or mental health care professional must perform a mental health assessment of the inmate.
(b) The department may not confine an inmate in administrative segregation if the assessment performed under Subsection (a) indicates that type of confinement is not appropriate for the inmate's medical or mental health.

Tex. Gov't. Code § 501.068

Added by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 705,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2015.