Texas statute
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 46C.002 — Maximum period of commitment determined by maximum term for offense
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 46C: INSANITY DEFENSE, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 46C.002
Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.
(a) A person acquitted by reason of insanity may not be committed to a mental hospital or other inpatient or residential care facility or ordered to receive outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision under Subchapter F for a cumulative period that exceeds the maximum term provided by law for the offense for which the acquitted person was tried. (b) On expiration of that maximum term, the acquitted person may be further confined in a mental hospital or other inpatient or residential care facility or ordered to receive outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision only under civil commitment proceedings.
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