1. Notification of Emergency Detention
2. Advisement to Patient Under Emergency Detention (Peace Officer)
3. Application for Emergency Detention
4. Magistrate Order & Warrant for Emergency Detention
5. Advisement to Patient Under Emergency Detention (Magistrate)
2) Order for Protective Custody
2. Motion for Protective Custody
3. Order for Protective Custody
4. Notification of Probable Cause Hearing - Model 1
5. Notification of Probable Cause Hearing - Model 2
6. Patient Elections and Attorney Certification for Probable Cause Hearing - Model 1
7. Patient Elections and Attorney Certification for Probable Cause Hearing - Model 2
3) Court Ordered Mental Health Svcs.
1. Mental Health General Information Form
2. Application for Court-Ordered MH Services (Extended or Temporary)
3. CME for Mental Illness - Model 1
4. CME for Mental Illness - Model 2
6. Motion to Have Patient Examined
7. Notice to Patient of Extended Commitment Hearing
8. Patient Election and Attorney Certification to Court for Extended/Temporary Commitment Hearings
11. Judgment/Order for Court-Ordered Temporary Inpatient Mental Health Svcs. (non-jury) - Model 2
12. Judgment/Order for Court-Ordered Temporary Outpatient Mental Health Svcs. (non-jury) - Model 1
14. Judgment/Order for Court-Ordered Extended Inpatient Mental Health Svcs. (non-jury) - Model 1
15. Judgment/Order for Court-Ordered Extended Inpatient Mental Health Svcs. (non-jury) - Model 2
16. Judgment/Order for Court-Ordered Extended Outpatient Mental Health Svcs. (non-jury) - Model 1
17. Judgment/Order for Court-Ordered Extended Outpatient Mental Health Svcs. (non-jury) - Model 2
18. Writ of Commitment for Outpatient Mental Health Services
21. Motion and Order to Dismiss
22. Application and Order for Inspection of Records
23. Application for Placement-Jurisdiction of an Intellectual Disabled Person
24. Residential Commitment Order for Intellectually Disabled Person-HHSC Placement
25. Residential Commitment Order for Intellectually Disabled Person-Non HHSC Placement
1. Screening Form for Suicide and Medical/Mental/Developmental Impairments
2. 16.22 Order for Collection of Information
3. Collection of Information Form for Mental Illness and IDD (TCOOMMI Form)
5) Incompetency to Stand Trial
1. Certification of Competency Evaluator Credentials
2. Order to Determine Eligibility for Outpatient Competency Restoration
3. Determination of Incompetency and Order of Inpatient Commitment (Felony)
4. Determination of Incompetency and Order of Inpatient Commitment (Misdemeanor)
5. Determination of Incompetency and Order to Participate in Jail-Based Competency Restoration
7. Order of Commitment for Restoration to Competency Pursuant to Art. 46B.0711/072 (universal form)
8. Order for Temporary Commitment
9. Order for Extended Commitment
10. 60-day Extension for Commitment for Restoration of Competency
11. Order of Civil Commitment: Charges Pending Under 46B.103-IDD
6) Court Ordered Administration of Psychoactive Medications
A. Criminal Court Forms
B. Probate Court Forms - Forensic
6C Probate Court Forms-Non-Forensic
Forms Disclaimers
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Forms Source Information
Throughout 2020 and 2021, the JCMH Forms Committee met to review and compile a collection of mental health forms that judges and attorneys can use to streamline and promote efficiency in court processes.