Bill Text: TX HB4091 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a request for admission to a specialty inpatient stabilization treatment program by the Department of Family and Protective Services of certain minors in the managing conservatorship of the department.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-24 - Placed on intent calendar [HB4091 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB4091-Introduced.html

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By: A. Johnson of Harris H.B. No. 4091

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the mental health needs of a minor in the managing
conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective
Services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 572.001(c-2), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c-2) The Department of Family and Protective Services may
request the admission to an inpatient mental health facility of a
minor in the managing conservatorship of that department only if a
physician states the physician's opinion, and the detailed reasons
for that opinion, that the minor is a person:
(1) with mental illness or who demonstrates symptoms of a
serious emotional disorder;, and
(2) who presents a risk of serious harm to self or others if
not immediately restrained or hospitalized.; or
(2) whose mental health has deteriorated to the point where
the minor requires and would benefit from admission into a
specialty inpatient stabilization treatment program designed
specifically to meet the mental health needs of minors who need
further treatment to successfully transition into residential
treatment or a less restrictive foster care setting.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.