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| 1 | 1 | 83R19745 GCB-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Burkett H.B. No. 1856 | |
| 3 | 3 | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1856: | |
| 4 | 4 | By: Pickett C.S.H.B. No. 1856 | |
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| 6 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the authority of a mental health facility to require a | |
| 10 | 10 | peace officer to transport a person apprehended for emergency | |
| 11 | 11 | detention to a medical facility to receive a medical evaluation | |
| 12 | 12 | before being transported to the mental health facility. | |
| 13 | 13 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 14 | 14 | SECTION 1. Section 573.001, Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 15 | 15 | amended by adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: | |
| 16 | 16 | (d-1) A mental health facility described by Subsection (d) | |
| 17 | 17 | may not require a peace officer to transport a person taken into | |
| 18 | 18 | custody under this section to a medical facility to receive a | |
| 19 | 19 | medical evaluation before the peace officer transports the person | |
| 20 | 20 | to the 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, 2013. |