By: Campbell S.B. No. 2628
(In the Senate - Filed May 2, 2023; May 2, 2023, read first
time and referred to Committee on Health & Human Services;
May 8, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8,
Nays 0; May 8, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring medical clearance before admission to an
inpatient mental health facility.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 575.001, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to
read as follows:
(a) Subject to Subsection (c), the [The] facility
administrator of an inpatient mental health facility may admit and
detain a patient under the procedures prescribed by this subtitle.
(c) A patient may not be admitted under Subsection (a)
unless the patient has undergone a medical examination that
determines that the patient does not have a medical condition that
would prevent facility staff from providing care to the patient or
other patients.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to an
admission to an inpatient mental health facility on or after the
effective date of this Act. An admission before the effective date
of this Act is governed by the law in effect on that date, and that
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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