Bill Text: TX HB3163 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the county in which an application for court-ordered mental health services must be filed.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-21 - Filed [HB3163 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB3163-Introduced.html

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89R1073 EAS-F
By: Leach H.B. No. 3163

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the county in which an application for court-ordered
mental health services must be filed.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 574.001(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (f), the application
must be filed with the county clerk in the county in which the
proposed patient:
(1) resides;
(2) is located at the time the application is filed [is
found]; [or]
(3) was apprehended under Chapter 573; or
(4) is receiving mental health services by court order
or under Subchapter A, Chapter 573.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
574.001, Health and Safety Code, applies only to an application for
court-ordered mental health services submitted on or after the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.