By: Naishtat (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) H.B. No. 1829
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2011;
April 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
and Human Services; May 6, 2011, reported adversely, with
favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9,
Nays 0; May 6, 2011, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1829 By: Nelson
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an application for emergency detention and to the
transfer to a mental hospital of a person admitted for emergency
detention.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 573.012, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (h-1) to read as follows:
(h-1) After the presentation of an application under
Subsection (h), the judge or magistrate may transmit a warrant to
the applicant electronically, if a digital signature, as defined by
Article 2.26, Code of Criminal Procedure, is transmitted with the
document.
SECTION 2. Section 573.022, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) A facility that has admitted a person for emergency
detention under Subsection (a) or to which a person has been
transported under Subsection (b) may transfer the person to an
appropriate mental hospital with the written consent of the
hospital administrator.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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