Bill Text: TX HB3125 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the payment by the state or a county of costs for certain mental health hearings or proceedings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-12 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB3125 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3125-Comm_Sub.html
87R19819 GCB-F | |||
By: Allison | H.B. No. 3125 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3125: | |||
By: Coleman | C.S.H.B. No. 3125 |
|
||
|
||
relating to the payment by the state or a county of costs for | ||
certain mental health hearings or proceedings. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 571.018(j), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(j) The judge of a probate court shall order the clerk of the | ||
court to refund court costs paid or advanced for a person by [ |
||
an inpatient mental health facility as defined under Section | ||
571.003(9)(B) or (E) on the filing of [ |
||
clerk of the court certifying that: | ||
(1) the facility has received no compensation or | ||
reimbursement for the treatment of the person; | ||
(2) the facility provided treatment for the person | ||
under a contract with a local mental health authority; or | ||
(3) the facility provided treatment for the person and | ||
the person is eligible for Medicaid benefits [ |
||
SECTION 2. Section 571.018(h), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |