Bill Text: TX SB643 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the county in which an application for court-ordered mental health services must be filed.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-04-07 - Co-author authorized [SB643 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB643-Introduced.html
| 89R1073 EAS-F | ||
| By: Johnson | S.B. No. 643 | |
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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. The change in law made by this Act to Section | ||
| 574.001, Health and Safety Code, applies only to an application for | ||
| court-ordered mental health services submitted on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
