Bill Text: TX HB2913 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the transfer and transportation from one facility to another of an individual under an emergency mental health detention.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-23 - Referred to Public Health [HB2913 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2913-Introduced.html
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By: Miller | H.B. No. 2913 |
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relating to the transfer and transportation from one facility to | ||
another of an individual under an emergency mental health | ||
detention. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 573.002, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
(f) If a person who has been detained under Section 573.001 | ||
and transported to a facility under this section subsequently is | ||
transported to a mental health facility as authorized by Section | ||
573.022(d), a copy of the notification of detention form filed | ||
under Subsection (a) must accompany the detained person to the | ||
mental health facility. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 573.022, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(d) A local mental health authority that determines that a | ||
person detained under Section 573.002 should be transported to an | ||
appropriate mental health facility before the expiration of the | ||
period for emergency detention described by Section 573.021(b) may | ||
issue a request for a peace officer to provide transportation. On | ||
receipt by a peace officer from the officer's supervisor of a notice | ||
of a request, the peace officer immediately shall transport the | ||
detained person to the appropriate mental health facility. A copy | ||
of the notification of emergency detention for the detained person | ||
filed under Section 573.002(a) must accompany the detained person | ||
to the receiving mental health facility. The receiving facility | ||
may not require any form other than the copy of the peace officer's | ||
notification of detention as a predicate to accepting a person for | ||
emergency detention. | ||
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply to an | ||
emergency detention under Chapter 573, Health and Safety Code, that | ||
begins on or after the effective date of this Act. An emergency | ||
detention under Chapter 573, Health and Safety Code, that begins | ||
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it | ||
existed immediately before that date, and that law is continued in | ||
effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |