Texas HB2227 establishes a 21-day period for the Health and Human Services Commission to transfer a criminal defendant found incompetent to stand.

Texas HB2227 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to require the Health and Human Services Commission to take custody of a defendant awaiting transfer to a mental health facility within 21 days of a court's commitment order. If the commission fails to do so, it must evaluate the defendant's health weekly and compensate the county for each day of continued confinement. The compensation amount must match what the commission would have spent to confine the defendant.

Texas HB2227 establishes a 21-day period for the Health and Human Services Commission to transfer a criminal defendant found incompetent to stand.

Texas HB2227 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to require the Health and Human Services Commission to take custody of a defendant awaiting transfer to a mental health facility within 21 days of a court's commitment order. If the commission fails to do so, it must evaluate the defendant's health weekly and compensate the county for each day of continued confinement. The compensation amount must match what the commission would have spent to confine the defendant.