Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1662 Compare Versions

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1	1	87R7547 JG-D
2	2	By: Thierry H.B. No. 1662
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to an acute psychiatric bed registry to list available
8	8	beds for the psychiatric treatment of certain individuals.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
11	11	amended by adding Section 531.0997 to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 531.0997. ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC BED REGISTRY. (a) In this
13	13	section, "inpatient mental health facility" has the meaning
14	14	assigned by Section 571.003, Health and Safety Code.
15	15	(b) The commission shall develop and administer an
16	16	Internet-based and searchable acute psychiatric bed registry to
17	17	collect, aggregate, and display information about beds at inpatient
18	18	mental health facilities located in a county with a population of
19	19	four million or more that are available for the inpatient
20	20	psychiatric treatment of individuals.
21	21	(c) For each inpatient mental health facility, the acute
22	22	psychiatric bed registry must list:
23	23	(1) the name and contact information of the facility;
24	24	(2) the number of available beds;
25	25	(3) the type of individual who may be admitted;
26	26	(4) the level of security provided; and
27	27	(5) any other information that may be necessary to
28	28	identify appropriate beds for the inpatient psychiatric treatment
29	29	of individuals.
30	30	(d) The commission shall make the acute psychiatric bed
31	31	registry available to law enforcement agencies, community service
32	32	boards, mental health facilities, public and private residential
33	33	crisis stabilization units, emergency care facilities, and
34	34	emergency care providers located in a county with a population of
35	35	four million or more. The commission may make the registry
36	36	available to any other person the commission considers appropriate.
37	37	(e) An inpatient mental health facility located in a county
38	38	with a population of four million or more shall submit to the
39	39	commission information for the acute psychiatric bed registry as
40	40	required by the commission and review the information and confirm
41	41	its accuracy to the commission at least once daily and whenever
42	42	there is a change in bed availability at the facility.
43	43	(f) An inpatient mental health facility located in a county
44	44	with a population of four million or more shall designate an
45	45	employee or employees as necessary to:
46	46	(1) submit to the commission the information required
47	47	under Subsection (e) and review the information as required by that
48	48	subsection; and
49	49	(2) serve as a contact for questions about the
50	50	information submitted.
51	51	(g) The commission may contract with any person the
52	52	commission considers appropriate to develop and administer the
53	53	acute psychiatric bed registry.
54	54	(h) The commission may accept gifts, grants, or donations
55	55	from any public or private source for the purpose of carrying out
56	56	this section.
57	57	SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2022, the Health and
58	58	Human Services Commission shall establish the acute psychiatric bed
59	59	registry required by Section 531.0997, Government Code, as added by
60	60	this Act.
61	61	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.