TX HB2227

Requires the Health and Human Services Commission to take custody of defendants found incompetent to stand trial within 21 days of a court's signed commitment order for transfer to a state mental health facility

Mandates weekly in-person health evaluations by the commission for any defendant who remains in county jail beyond the 21-day transfer deadline

Requires the commission to compensate counties for each day a defendant is confined in county jail after the 21-day period expires, at a rate equal to what the commission would have spent to confine the defendant

Applies to all defendants with commitment orders issued before, on, or after the effective date, with the 21-day clock starting on the effective date for those already awaiting transfer

Takes effect September 1, 2025