Bill Text: TX SB2468 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed


Bill Title: Relating to a study regarding available beds at inpatient mental health facilities providing acute psychiatric treatment.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-04 - Referred to Public Health [SB2468 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB2468-Engrossed.html
 
 
  By: Eckhardt, et al. S.B. No. 2468
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a study regarding available beds at inpatient mental
  health facilities providing acute psychiatric treatment.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  (a)  In this section, "commission" means the
  Health and Human Services Commission.
         (b)  The commission shall conduct a study regarding the
  availability of beds at inpatient mental health facilities in this
  state that provide acute inpatient psychiatric treatment.  The
  study must evaluate:
               (1)  the current number of psychiatric beds available
  at inpatient mental health facilities in this state that provide
  inpatient psychiatric treatment to individuals experiencing an
  acute mental health crisis, including a breakdown of beds available
  for patients:
                     (A)  committed to a facility for competency
  restoration services under Chapter 46B, Code of Criminal Procedure;
                     (B)  civilly committed to a facility under Chapter
  841, Health and Safety Code;
                     (C)  committed to a facility after having been
  found not guilty by reason of insanity under Chapter 46C, Code of
  Criminal Procedure;
                     (D)  voluntarily admitted to a facility;
                     (E)  18 years of age or older;
                     (F)  younger than 18 years of age; and
                     (G)  receiving long-term mental health treatment
  in a facility;
               (2)  the current number of patients admitted to an
  inpatient mental health facility in this state that provides
  inpatient psychiatric treatment to individuals experiencing an
  acute mental health crisis, including a breakdown of:
                     (A)  the number of patients committed to a
  facility for competency restoration services under Chapter 46B,
  Code of Criminal Procedure, including the number of individuals
  committed under an initial order of commitment or an order
  extending the initial restoration period;
                     (B)  the number of patients civilly committed to a
  facility under Chapter 841, Health and Safety Code;
                     (C)  the number of patients committed to a
  facility after having been found not guilty by reason of insanity
  under Chapter 46C, Code of Criminal Procedure;
                     (D)  the number of patients voluntarily admitted
  to a facility;
                     (E)  the number of patients 18 years of age or
  older;
                     (F)  the number of patients younger than 18 years
  of age;
                     (G)  the percentage of patients in this state who
  will likely require long-term mental health treatment in a
  facility; and
                     (H)  the number of patients who have been
  diagnosed with an intellectual or developmental disability;
               (3)  the projected need over the next several years for
  additional psychiatric beds at inpatient mental health facilities
  that provide inpatient psychiatric treatment to individuals
  experiencing an acute mental health crisis, including the projected
  percentage of incoming patients who will likely require long-term
  mental health treatment in a facility; and
               (4)  current and anticipated resources, including
  workforce needs, necessary to meet the demands described by
  Subdivisions (1), (2), and (3) of this subsection.
         (c)  In designing and conducting the study, the commission
  may collaborate with institutions of higher education in this state
  that award medical degrees.
         (d)  Not later than September 1, 2024, the commission shall
  prepare and submit to the legislature a written report containing
  the results of the study and any recommendations for legislative or
  other action.
         SECTION 2.  This Act expires September 1, 2025.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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