88R11900 EAS-D
By: Johnson of Dallas H.B. No. 186
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 186:
By: Leach C.S.H.B. No. 186
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 located at the time the application is filed [is
found]; [or]
(3) was apprehended under Chapter 573; or
(4) is receiving mental health services by court order
or under Subchapter A, Chapter 573.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.