LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 30, 2015 TO: Honorable Myra Crownover, Chair, House Committee on Public Health FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB359 by West (Relating to the authority of a peace officer to apprehend a person for emergency detention and the authority of certain facilities and physicians to temporarily detain a person with mental illness.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend Chapter 573 of the Health and Safety Code relating to the authority of a peace officer to apprehend a person for emergency detention and the authority of certain facilities to temporarily detain a person with mental illness. Under the provisions of the bill certain mental health facilities and physicians would be allowed to temporarily detain a person who expresses a desire to leave that facility or attempts to leave before receiving a psychiatric examination or treatment under specific conditions. The bill would authorize a peace officer to take a person who has been admitted to a facility into custody in certain circumstances. The Department of State Health Services indicates that the provisions of the bill can be implemented within existing resources. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:537 State Health Services, Department of LBB Staff: UP, NB, WP, SS, KVe, CH, KKR, CL
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 30, 2015
TO: Honorable Myra Crownover, Chair, House Committee on Public Health FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB359 by West (Relating to the authority of a peace officer to apprehend a person for emergency detention and the authority of certain facilities and physicians to temporarily detain a person with mental illness.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Myra Crownover, Chair, House Committee on Public Health
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB359 by West (Relating to the authority of a peace officer to apprehend a person for emergency detention and the authority of certain facilities and physicians to temporarily detain a person with mental illness.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
Honorable Myra Crownover, Chair, House Committee on Public Health
Honorable Myra Crownover, Chair, House Committee on Public Health
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB359 by West (Relating to the authority of a peace officer to apprehend a person for emergency detention and the authority of certain facilities and physicians to temporarily detain a person with mental illness.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
SB359 by West (Relating to the authority of a peace officer to apprehend a person for emergency detention and the authority of certain facilities and physicians to temporarily detain a person with mental illness.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend Chapter 573 of the Health and Safety Code relating to the authority of a peace officer to apprehend a person for emergency detention and the authority of certain facilities to temporarily detain a person with mental illness. Under the provisions of the bill certain mental health facilities and physicians would be allowed to temporarily detain a person who expresses a desire to leave that facility or attempts to leave before receiving a psychiatric examination or treatment under specific conditions. The bill would authorize a peace officer to take a person who has been admitted to a facility into custody in certain circumstances. The Department of State Health Services indicates that the provisions of the bill can be implemented within existing resources.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 537 State Health Services, Department of
537 State Health Services, Department of
LBB Staff: UP, NB, WP, SS, KVe, CH, KKR, CL
UP, NB, WP, SS, KVe, CH, KKR, CL