| 1 | 1 | | By: Eckhardt, et al. S.B. No. 2468 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to a study regarding available beds at inpatient mental |
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| 7 | 7 | | health facilities providing acute psychiatric treatment. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "commission" means the |
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| 10 | 10 | | Health and Human Services Commission. |
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| 11 | 11 | | (b) The commission shall conduct a study regarding the |
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| 12 | 12 | | availability of beds at inpatient mental health facilities in this |
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| 13 | 13 | | state that provide acute inpatient psychiatric treatment. The |
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| 14 | 14 | | study must evaluate: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) the current number of psychiatric beds available |
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| 16 | 16 | | at inpatient mental health facilities in this state that provide |
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| 17 | 17 | | inpatient psychiatric treatment to individuals experiencing an |
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| 18 | 18 | | acute mental health crisis, including a breakdown of beds available |
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| 19 | 19 | | for patients: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (A) committed to a facility for competency |
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| 21 | 21 | | restoration services under Chapter 46B, Code of Criminal Procedure; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (B) civilly committed to a facility under Chapter |
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| 23 | 23 | | 841, Health and Safety Code; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (C) committed to a facility after having been |
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| 25 | 25 | | found not guilty by reason of insanity under Chapter 46C, Code of |
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| 26 | 26 | | Criminal Procedure; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (D) voluntarily admitted to a facility; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (E) 18 years of age or older; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (F) younger than 18 years of age; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | (G) receiving long-term mental health treatment |
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| 31 | 31 | | in a facility; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) the current number of patients admitted to an |
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| 33 | 33 | | inpatient mental health facility in this state that provides |
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| 34 | 34 | | inpatient psychiatric treatment to individuals experiencing an |
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| 35 | 35 | | acute mental health crisis, including a breakdown of: |
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| 36 | 36 | | (A) the number of patients committed to a |
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| 37 | 37 | | facility for competency restoration services under Chapter 46B, |
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| 38 | 38 | | Code of Criminal Procedure, including the number of individuals |
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| 39 | 39 | | committed under an initial order of commitment or an order |
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| 40 | 40 | | extending the initial restoration period; |
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| 41 | 41 | | (B) the number of patients civilly committed to a |
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| 42 | 42 | | facility under Chapter 841, Health and Safety Code; |
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| 43 | 43 | | (C) the number of patients committed to a |
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| 44 | 44 | | facility after having been found not guilty by reason of insanity |
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| 45 | 45 | | under Chapter 46C, Code of Criminal Procedure; |
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| 46 | 46 | | (D) the number of patients voluntarily admitted |
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| 47 | 47 | | to a facility; |
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| 48 | 48 | | (E) the number of patients 18 years of age or |
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| 49 | 49 | | older; |
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| 50 | 50 | | (F) the number of patients younger than 18 years |
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| 51 | 51 | | of age; |
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| 52 | 52 | | (G) the percentage of patients in this state who |
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| 53 | 53 | | will likely require long-term mental health treatment in a |
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| 54 | 54 | | facility; and |
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| 55 | 55 | | (H) the number of patients who have been |
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| 56 | 56 | | diagnosed with an intellectual or developmental disability; |
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| 57 | 57 | | (3) the projected need over the next several years for |
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| 58 | 58 | | additional psychiatric beds at inpatient mental health facilities |
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| 59 | 59 | | that provide inpatient psychiatric treatment to individuals |
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| 60 | 60 | | experiencing an acute mental health crisis, including the projected |
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| 61 | 61 | | percentage of incoming patients who will likely require long-term |
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| 62 | 62 | | mental health treatment in a facility; and |
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| 63 | 63 | | (4) current and anticipated resources, including |
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| 64 | 64 | | workforce needs, necessary to meet the demands described by |
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| 65 | 65 | | Subdivisions (1), (2), and (3) of this subsection. |
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| 66 | 66 | | (c) In designing and conducting the study, the commission |
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| 67 | 67 | | may collaborate with institutions of higher education in this state |
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| 68 | 68 | | that award medical degrees. |
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| 69 | 69 | | (d) Not later than September 1, 2024, the commission shall |
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| 70 | 70 | | prepare and submit to the legislature a written report containing |
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| 71 | 71 | | the results of the study and any recommendations for legislative or |
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| 72 | 72 | | other action. |
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| 73 | 73 | | SECTION 2. This Act expires September 1, 2025. |
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| 74 | 74 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 75 | 75 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 76 | 76 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 77 | 77 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 78 | 78 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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