87R16421 EAS-F
By: Johnson of Dallas H.B. No. 2709
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2709:
By: Smith C.S.H.B. No. 2709
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the county in which an application for court-ordered
mental health services must be filed.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 574.001(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended 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 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.