By: Johnson of Dallas H.B. No. 2709
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an application for court-ordered mental health services
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 574.001, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (3) to
read as follows:
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (f), the application
must be filed with the county clerk in the county in which the
proposed patient:
(1) resides;
(2) is found; or
(3) is being assessed in an emergency room or
hospital; or
(4) is receiving mental health services by court order
or under Subchapter A, Chapter 573.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on September 1, 2021.