Sec. 1001.086. TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES TRAINING CURRICULUM FOR JUDGES AND ATTORNEYS. (a) The department, with input from the court of criminal appeals and the forensic director appointed under Section 532.013 , shall develop and maintain a training curriculum for judges and attorneys that provides information on inpatient and outpatient treatment alternatives to inpatient commitment to a state hospital for a patient whom a court is ordering to receive mental health services: (1) to attain competency to stand trial under Chapter 46B , Code of Criminal Procedure; or (2) following an acquittal by reason of insanity under Chapter 46C , Code of Criminal Procedure. (b) The training curriculum developed and maintained under Subsection (a) must include a guide to treatment alternatives, other than inpatient treatment at a state hospital, from which a patient described by Subsection (a) may receive mental health services.
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