Bill Text: TX HB2709 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the county in which an application for court-ordered mental health services must be filed.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-26 - Removed from local & uncontested calendar [HB2709 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB2709-Introduced.html

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By: Johnson of Dallas H.B. No. 2709

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an application for court-ordered mental health services
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 574.001, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (3) 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 found; or
(3) is being assessed in an emergency room or
hospital; or
(4) is receiving mental health services by court order
or under Subchapter A, Chapter 573.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on September 1, 2021.