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| 1 | 1 | By: Uresti S.B. No. 2079 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to the continuing care plan for persons being discharged | |
| 7 | 7 | from state hospitals. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 574.081, Health and | |
| 10 | 10 | Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (b) The physician shall prepare the plan as prescribed by | |
| 12 | 12 | department rules and shall consult the patient and the local mental | |
| 13 | 13 | health authority in the area in which the patient will reside before | |
| 14 | 14 | preparing the plan. The plan shall specifically address | |
| 15 | 15 | transportation of the patient after discharge and coordination of | |
| 16 | 16 | that issue with the local mental health authority and other | |
| 17 | 17 | appropriate persons with whom the patient has authorized | |
| 18 | 18 | communication. The local mental health authority is not required | |
| 19 | 19 | to participate in preparing a plan for a patient furloughed or | |
| 20 | 20 | discharged from a private mental health facility. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 22 | 22 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 23 | 23 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |