Bill Text: TX HB4119 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the administration of psychoactive medication to certain persons in the custody of a crisis stabilization unit.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-25 - Referred to Public Health [HB4119 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4119-Introduced.html
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| By: Murr | H.B. No. 4119 | |
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| relating to the administration of psychoactive medication to | ||
| certain persons in the custody of a crisis stabilization unit. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 574, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 574.029 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 574.029. ADMINISTRATION OF PSYCHOACTIVE MEDICATION TO | ||
| CERTAIN PERSONS IN CUSTODY OF CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT. (a) In | ||
| this section: | ||
| (1) "Medication-related emergency" and "psychoactive | ||
| medication" have the meanings assigned by Section 574.101. | ||
| (2) "Ward" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
| 1002.030, Estates Code. | ||
| (b) If a person for whom a motion for court-ordered | ||
| inpatient mental health services is granted remains in the custody | ||
| of a crisis stabilization unit, as defined by rule by the executive | ||
| commissioner, following the expiration of a protective custody | ||
| order due to a lack of space at a mental hospital, the crisis | ||
| stabilization unit may administer a psychoactive medication to the | ||
| person only if the person refuses to take the medication and: | ||
| (1) the person is having a medication-related | ||
| emergency; | ||
| (2) the person is under an order issued under Section | ||
| 574.106 authorizing the administration of the medication | ||
| regardless of the person's refusal; or | ||
| (3) the person is a ward who is 18 years of age or older | ||
| and the guardian of the person of the ward consents to the | ||
| administration of psychoactive medication regardless of the ward's | ||
| expressed preferences regarding treatment with psychoactive | ||
| medication. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 574.029, Health and Safety Code, as | ||
| added by this Act, applies only to a person for whom a motion for | ||
| court-ordered inpatient mental health services is granted on or | ||
| after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
