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| 1 | 1 | 89R8641 RAL-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Campbell S.B. No. 1608 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to physical examination requirements for patients | |
| 10 | 10 | admitted to an inpatient mental health facility. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 575, Health and Safety | |
| 13 | 13 | Code, is amended by adding Section 575.004 to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | Sec. 575.004. IN-PERSON PHYSICAL EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS. | |
| 15 | 15 | The facility administrator of an inpatient mental health facility | |
| 16 | 16 | shall ensure a physical examination or assessment of a patient | |
| 17 | 17 | admitted to the facility that is required to be conducted on the | |
| 18 | 18 | patient's admission is conducted in person. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. Section 575.004, Health and Safety Code, as | |
| 20 | 20 | added by this Act, applies only to the admission of a patient to an | |
| 21 | 21 | inpatient mental health facility that occurs on or after the | |
| 22 | 22 | effective date of this Act. The admission of a patient to an | |
| 23 | 23 | inpatient mental health facility that occurs before the effective | |
| 24 | 24 | date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the | |
| 25 | 25 | admission occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for | |
| 26 | 26 | that purpose. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |