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