(a) If the commissioner or the commissioner's designee determines that any person judicially committed under § 52-5-404, no longer meets the standards under which the person was committed, then the decision maker must immediately order the person's release and cause the person to be discharged, except as provided in subsection (b) or § 52-5-411.(b) If the commissioner or the commissioner's designee determines that a person who was judicially committed under § 52-5-404 and who is charged with a crime for which the person is subject to being tried is restored to competence to stand trial, then the decision maker must give notice of that fact to the clerk of the court that ordered the person's commitment and deliver the person to the custody of the sheriff of the county from which the person was admitted, who must transport the person back to the custody of the court.Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 688,s 2, eff. 7/1/2024.
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