Bill Text: TX HB167 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the transportation of certain mental health patients.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB167 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB167-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the transportation of certain mental health patients.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB167 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB167-Introduced.html
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By: Raymond | H.B. No. 167 |
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relating to the transportation of certain mental health patients. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 574.045(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The court may authorize, in the following order of | ||
priority, the transportation of a committed patient or a patient | ||
detained under Section 573.022 or 574.023 to the designated mental | ||
health facility by: | ||
(1) a special officer for mental health assignment | ||
certified under Section 1701.404, Occupations Code [ |
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(2) the facility administrator of the designated | ||
mental health facility, unless [ |
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court that facility personnel are not available to transport the | ||
patient; | ||
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authority, who shall be reimbursed by the county; | ||
(4) a relative or other responsible person who has a | ||
proper interest in the patient's welfare and who receives no | ||
remuneration, except for actual and necessary expenses; or | ||
(5) the sheriff or constable[ |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |