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| 1 | - | By: Johnson of Dallas (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) H.B. No. 2709 | |
| 2 | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2021; | |
| 3 | - | May 14, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on | |
| 4 | - | Jurisprudence; May 21, 2021, reported favorably by the following | |
| 5 | - | vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 21, 2021, sent to printer.) | |
| 6 | - | Click here to see the committee vote | |
| 1 | + | 87R16421 EAS-F | |
| 2 | + | By: Johnson of Dallas H.B. No. 2709 | |
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| 9 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 10 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 11 | 7 | relating to the county in which an application for court-ordered | |
| 12 | 8 | mental health services must be filed. | |
| 13 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 14 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 574.001(b), Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 15 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 16 | 12 | (b) Except as provided by Subsection (f), the application | |
| 17 | 13 | must be filed with the county clerk in the county in which the | |
| 18 | 14 | proposed patient: | |
| 19 | 15 | (1) resides; | |
| 20 | 16 | (2) is found; [or] | |
| 21 | 17 | (3) is being assessed in an emergency room or | |
| 22 | 18 | hospital; or | |
| 23 | 19 | (4) is receiving mental health services by court order | |
| 24 | 20 | or under Subchapter A, Chapter 573. | |
| 25 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | |
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