Bill Text: TX HB186 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the county in which an application for court-ordered mental health services must be filed.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-11 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB186 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB186-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Johnson of Dallas | H.B. No. 186 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 186: | |||
| By: Leach | C.S.H.B. No. 186 | ||
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| relating to the county in which an application for court-ordered | ||
| mental health services must be filed. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 574.001(b), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) Except as provided by Subsection (f), the application | ||
| must be filed with the county clerk in the county in which the | ||
| proposed patient: | ||
| (1) resides; | ||
| (2) is located at the time the application is filed [ |
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| (3) was apprehended under Chapter 573; or | ||
| (4) is receiving mental health services by court order | ||
| or under Subchapter A, Chapter 573. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
