Bill Text: TX HB1829 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to an application for emergency detention and to the transfer to a mental hospital of a person admitted for emergency detention.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB1829 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1829-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1829 |
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relating to an application for emergency detention and to the | ||
transfer to a mental hospital of a person admitted for emergency | ||
detention. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 573.012, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (h) and adding Subsection (h-1) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(h) A judge or magistrate may permit an applicant who is a | ||
physician to present an application by: | ||
(1) e-mail with the application attached as a secure | ||
document in a portable document format (PDF); or | ||
(2) secure electronic means, including: | ||
(A) satellite transmission; | ||
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transmission;[ |
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(C) any other method of two-way electronic | ||
communication that: | ||
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magistrate; and | ||
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compressed full-motion video and interactive communication of | ||
image and sound between the judge or magistrate and the applicant. | ||
(h-1) After the presentation of an application under | ||
Subsection (h), the judge or magistrate may transmit a warrant to | ||
the applicant: | ||
(1) electronically, if a digital signature, as defined | ||
by Article 2.26, Code of Criminal Procedure, is transmitted with | ||
the document; or | ||
(2) by e-mail with the warrant attached as a secure | ||
document in a portable document format (PDF), if the identifiable | ||
legal signature of the judge or magistrate is transmitted with the | ||
document. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 573.022, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
(c) A facility that has admitted a person for emergency | ||
detention under Subsection (a) or to which a person has been | ||
transported under Subsection (b) may transfer the person to an | ||
appropriate mental hospital with the written consent of the | ||
hospital administrator. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1829 was passed by the House on April | ||
14, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 1829 on May 16, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, | ||
1 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1829 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 10, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0 | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |