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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 46C.253 — Hearing on disposition
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.253
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) The hearing on disposition shall be conducted in the same manner as a hearing on an application for involuntary commitment under Subtitle C or D, Title 7, Health and Safety Code, except that the use of a jury is governed by Article 46C.255 . (b) At the hearing, the court shall address: (1) whether the person acquitted by reason of insanity has a severe mental illness or an intellectual disability; (2) whether as a result of any mental illness or intellectual disability the person is likely to cause serious harm to another; and (3) whether appropriate treatment and supervision for any mental illness or intellectual disability rendering the person dangerous to another can be safely and effectively provided as outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision. (c) The court shall order the acquitted person committed for inpatient treatment or residential care under Article 46C.256 if the grounds required for that order are established. (d) The court shall order the acquitted person to receive outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision under Article 46C.257 if the grounds required for that order are established. (e) The court shall order the acquitted person transferred to an appropriate court for proceedings under Subtitle C or D, Title 7, Health and Safety Code, if the state fails to establish the grounds required for an order under Article 46C.256 or 46C.257 but the evidence provides a reasonable basis for believing the acquitted person is a proper subject for those proceedings. (f) The court shall order the acquitted person discharged and immediately released if the evidence fails to establish that disposition under Subsection (c), (d), or (e) is appropriate.
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