Outpatient competency restoration and jail-based competency restoration services are designed for people with a mental health disorder or co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders who are found incompetent to stand trial and are court-ordered to participate in competency restoration treatment. Outpatient competency restoration and jail-based competency restoration programs are alternatives to inpatient competency restoration services. In general, outpatient competency restoration and jail-based competency restoration programs are designed to:
- Reduce the number of people found to be incompetent to stand trial with mental illness or co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders on the state forensic waitlist for inpatient competency restoration services.
- Increase prompt access to clinically appropriate competency restoration services for people found incompetent to stand trial who do not require a restrictive hospital setting.
- Reduce the number of bed days in state hospitals used by people found incompetent to stand trial from a local mental health authority or local behavioral health authority’s service area.
Outpatient Competency Restoration
Outpatient competency restoration programs provide competency restoration services in a community or residential setting. Services include mental health and substance use treatment services, as well as legal education for people found incompetent to stand trial.
Forms
Statutes/Rules
- Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Chapter 46B, Incompetency to Stand Trial
- Texas Administrative Code, Title 26, Chapter 307, Subchapter D, Outpatient Competency Restoration
Contacts
- Contracts: Performance Contracts
- Program: HHSC Forensics and Jail Diversion Services
Jail-based Competency Restoration
Jail-based competency restoration programs provide competency restoration services in a designated space in a jail separate from general population. Services include mental health and substance use treatment services, as well as legal education for people found incompetent to stand trial.
Forms:
Statutes/Rules
- Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Chapter 46B, Incompetency to Stand Trial
- Texas Administrative Code, Title 26, Chapter 307, Subchapter C, Jail-Based Competency Restoration Program
Contact Mailbox
- Contracts: Performance Contracts
- Invoices: MH Contracts
- Programs: HHSC Forensics and Jail Diversion Services