Texas Emergency Detention Criteria Checklist (HSC 573.001, 573.012, 573.022)
Checks the Texas emergency detention elements for the chosen path, as SB 1164 rewrote them on September 1, 2025.
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Example
- Path
- Physician's statement for admission (573.022)
- Has mental illness
- Met
- Substantial risk of serious harm
- Not met
- Severe emotional distress and deterioration
- Met
- Cannot recognize symptoms or weigh treatment
- Not met
- Statement acceptable to the facility
- Met
- Harm imminent unless immediately restrained
- Met
- Detention is the least restrictive means
- Met
- Describes the mental illness
- Met
- Specifically describes the risk of harm
- Met
- Gives the detailed basis for the opinion
- Met
Result: The physician's statement rests on severe distress and deterioration alone, a ground SB 1164 added: every 573.022 element documented.
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What you enter
- Path
- Has mental illness
- Substantial risk of serious harm
- Severe emotional distress and deterioration
- Cannot recognize symptoms or weigh treatment
- Likely without detention to suffer or inflict serious harm
- Not enough time to obtain a warrant (officer)
- Harm imminent unless immediately restrained
- Restraint needs emergency detention (magistrate)
- Statement acceptable to the facility (physician)
- Detention is the least restrictive means (physician)
The other 3 fields
- Describes the mental illness (physician)
- Specifically describes the risk of harm (physician)
- Gives the detailed basis for the opinion (physician)
How this is calculated
Tex. Health & Safety Code 573.001, 573.012, and 573.022, as amended by SB 1164 (89th Leg., R.S., ch. 800), effective September 1, 2025. Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.