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| 1 | 1 | By: Campbell S.B. No. 2628 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to medical examinations required for admission to a mental | |
| 7 | 7 | health facility. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 575, Health and Safety | |
| 10 | 10 | Code, is amended by adding Section 575.004 to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | Sec. 575.004. MEDICAL EXAMINATION BEFORE ADMISSION. Any | |
| 12 | 12 | medical examination or assessment required to be conducted within | |
| 13 | 13 | 24 hours of a person being admitted to a mental health facility | |
| 14 | 14 | under this subtitle must be conducted in person. | |
| 15 | 15 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |