| 1 | 1 | | 89R9546 EAS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Metcalf H.B. No. 2622 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the transport of female patients to a mental health |
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| 10 | 10 | | facility or residential care facility. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 1(c), Article 46.04, Code of Criminal |
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| 13 | 13 | | Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (c) A female patient must be accompanied by a female |
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| 15 | 15 | | attendant unless: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) the patient is transported by a male attendant who |
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| 17 | 17 | | is wearing a body worn camera, as defined by Article 2B.0101, that |
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| 18 | 18 | | is activated for the duration of the patient's transport; or |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) the vehicle in which the patient is transported is |
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| 20 | 20 | | equipped with audio or video recording devices that actively record |
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| 21 | 21 | | for the duration of the patient's transport. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. Section 574.045(d), Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 23 | 23 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (d) A female patient must be accompanied by a female |
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| 25 | 25 | | attendant unless: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) the patient is accompanied by her father, husband, |
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| 27 | 27 | | or adult brother or son; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) the patient is transported by a male attendant who |
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| 29 | 29 | | is wearing a body worn camera, as defined by Article 2B.0101, Code |
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| 30 | 30 | | of Criminal Procedure, that is activated for the duration of the |
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| 31 | 31 | | patient's transport; or |
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| 32 | 32 | | (3) the vehicle in which the patient is transported is |
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| 33 | 33 | | equipped with audio or video recording devices that actively record |
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| 34 | 34 | | for the duration of the patient's transport. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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