H.B. No. 1233
AN ACT
relating to the court-ordered administration of psychoactive
medication to certain criminal defendants.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 574.106, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (a-1) and adding Subsection (l) to
read as follows:
(a-1) The court may issue an order under this section only
if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence after the
hearing:
(1) that the patient lacks the capacity to make a
decision regarding the administration of the proposed medication
and treatment with the proposed medication is in the best interest
of the patient; or
(2) if the patient was ordered to receive inpatient
mental health services by a criminal court with jurisdiction over
the patient, that treatment with the proposed medication is in the
best interest of the patient and either:
(A) the patient presents a danger to the patient
or others in the inpatient mental health facility in which the
patient is being treated as a result of a mental disorder or mental
defect as determined under Section 574.1065; or
(B) the patient:
(i) has remained confined in a correctional
facility, as defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code, for a period
exceeding 72 hours while awaiting transfer for competency
restoration treatment; and
(ii) presents a danger to the patient or
others in the correctional facility as a result of a mental disorder
or mental defect as determined under Section 574.1065 [and
[(B) treatment with the proposed medication is in
the best interest of the patient].
(l) For a patient described by Subsection (a-1)(2)(B), an
order issued under this section:
(1) authorizes the initiation of any appropriate
mental health treatment for the patient awaiting transfer; and
(2) does not constitute authorization to retain the
patient in a correctional facility for competency restoration
treatment.
SECTION 2. Section 574.1065, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 574.1065. FINDING THAT PATIENT PRESENTS A DANGER. In
making a finding under Section 574.106(a-1)(2) that, as a result of
a mental disorder or mental defect, the patient presents a danger to
the patient or others in the inpatient mental health facility in
which the patient is being treated or in the correctional facility,
as applicable, [as a result of a mental disorder or mental defect]
the court shall consider:
(1) an assessment of the patient's present mental
condition;
(2) whether the patient has inflicted, attempted to
inflict, or made a serious threat of inflicting substantial
physical harm to the patient's self or to another while in the
facility; and
(3) whether the patient, in the six months preceding
the date the patient was placed in the facility, has inflicted,
attempted to inflict, or made a serious threat of inflicting
substantial physical harm to another that resulted in the patient
being placed in the facility.
SECTION 3. Section 574.107(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The county in which the applicable criminal charges are
pending or were adjudicated shall pay as provided by Subsection (a)
the costs of a hearing that is held under Section 574.106 to
evaluate the court-ordered administration of psychoactive
medication to:
(1) a patient ordered to receive [inpatient] mental
health services as described by Section 574.106(a)(1) after having
been determined to be incompetent to stand trial or having been
acquitted of an offense by reason of insanity; or
(2) a patient who:
(A) is awaiting trial after having been
determined to be competent to stand trial; and
(B) was ordered to receive [inpatient] mental
health services as described by Section 574.106(a)(2).
SECTION 4. Article 46B.086, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by amending Subsections (a), (b), and (c) and adding
Subsection (g) to read as follows:
(a) This article applies only to a defendant:
(1) who is determined under this chapter to be
incompetent to stand trial;
(2) who either:
(A) remains confined in a correctional facility,
as defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code, for a period exceeding 72
hours while awaiting transfer to an inpatient mental health
facility, a residential care facility, or an outpatient treatment
program;
(B) is committed to an inpatient mental health
facility or a residential care facility for the purpose of
competency restoration;
(C) is confined in a correctional facility while
awaiting further criminal proceedings following competency
restoration treatment; or
(D) is subject to Article 46B.072, if the court
has made the determinations required by Subsection (a) of that
article;
(3) for whom a correctional facility that employs or
contracts with a licensed psychiatrist, an inpatient mental health
facility, a residential care facility, or an outpatient treatment
program provider has prepared a continuity of care plan that
requires the defendant to take psychoactive medications; and
(4) [(3)] who, after a hearing held under Section
574.106, Health and Safety Code, if applicable, has been found to
not [to] meet the criteria prescribed by Sections 574.106(a) and
(a-1), Health and Safety Code, for court-ordered administration of
psychoactive medications[; or
[(4) who is subject to Article 46B.072].
(b) If a defendant described by Subsection (a) refuses to
take psychoactive medications as required by the defendant's
continuity of care plan, the director of the correctional facility
or outpatient treatment program provider, as applicable, shall
notify the court in which the criminal proceedings are pending of
that fact not later than the end of the next business day following
the refusal. The court shall promptly notify the attorney
representing the state and the attorney representing the defendant
of the defendant's refusal. The attorney representing the state
may file a written motion to compel medication. The motion to
compel medication must be filed not later than the 15th day after
the date a judge issues an order stating that the defendant does not
meet the criteria for court-ordered administration of psychoactive
medications under Section 574.106, Health and Safety Code, except
that,[. The motion to compel medication] for a defendant in an
outpatient treatment program, the motion may be filed at any time.
(c) The court, after notice and after a hearing held not
later than the fifth day after the defendant is returned to the
committing court, may authorize the director of the [a]
correctional facility or the program provider, as applicable, to
have the medication administered to the defendant, by reasonable
force if necessary.
(g) For a defendant described by Subsection (a)(2)(A), an
order issued under this article:
(1) authorizes the initiation of any appropriate
mental health treatment for the defendant awaiting transfer; and
(2) does not constitute authorization to retain the
defendant in a correctional facility for competency restoration
treatment.
SECTION 5. 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, 2009.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1233 was passed by the House on May 5,
2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1233 was passed by the Senate on May
26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor