86R13717 JG-F
By: Klick H.B. No. 3736
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to providing a person taken into custody for emergency
detention with information concerning the person's rights.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 573.001(g), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(g) A peace officer who takes a person into custody under
Subsection (a) shall immediately inform the person orally in
simple, nontechnical terms:
(1) of the reason for the detention; and
(2) that a staff member of the facility will inform the
person of the person's rights before questioning, assessing, or
examining the person [within 24 hours after the time the person is
admitted to a facility], as provided by Section 573.025(b).
SECTION 2. Section 573.025(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A person apprehended, detained, or transported for
emergency detention under this subtitle shall be informed of the
rights provided by this section and this subtitle:
(1) orally in simple, nontechnical terms, before the
person is questioned, assessed, or examined [within 24 hours after
the time the person is admitted to a facility], and in writing in
the person's primary language if possible; or
(2) through the use of a means reasonably calculated
to communicate with a hearing or visually impaired person, if
applicable.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.