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| 1 | 1 | 84R8460 LEH-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Murr H.B. No. 2102 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the appeal of an order authorizing the administration | |
| 8 | 8 | of medication to a patient receiving court-ordered inpatient mental | |
| 9 | 9 | health services. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 574.108(b), Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (b) An order authorizing the administration of medication | |
| 14 | 14 | regardless of the refusal of the patient is stayed [effective] | |
| 15 | 15 | pending an appeal of the order. | |
| 16 | 16 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 17 | 17 | to an appeal of an order authorizing the administration of | |
| 18 | 18 | medication to a patient receiving court-ordered inpatient mental | |
| 19 | 19 | health services that is filed on or after the effective date of this | |
| 20 | 20 | Act. An appeal filed before the effective date of this Act is | |
| 21 | 21 | governed by the law in effect when the appeal was filed, and the | |
| 22 | 22 | former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |