82R3570 EES-D
By: Naishtat H.B. No. 1829
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the transfer to a mental hospital of a person admitted
to a facility for emergency detention.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. 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 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.