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