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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an acute psychiatric bed registry to list available |
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beds for the inpatient psychiatric treatment of certain |
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individuals. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 7, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 535 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 535. ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC BED REGISTRY IN CERTAIN COUNTIES |
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Sec. 535.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "inpatient |
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mental health facility" has the meaning assigned by Section |
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571.003. |
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Sec. 535.002. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to |
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counties with a population of four million or more. |
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Sec. 535.003. DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF REGISTRY. |
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(a) The commission shall develop and administer an Internet-based |
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and searchable acute psychiatric bed registry to collect, |
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aggregate, and display information on available beds at inpatient |
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mental health facilities located in a county to which this chapter |
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applies for the inpatient psychiatric treatment of individuals. |
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(b) For each inpatient mental health facility, the acute |
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psychiatric bed registry must list: |
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(1) the name and contact information of the facility; |
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(2) the number of available beds; |
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(3) the type of individual who may be admitted; |
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(4) the level of security provided; and |
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(5) any other information that may be necessary to |
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identify appropriate beds for the inpatient psychiatric treatment |
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of individuals. |
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(c) The commission shall make the acute psychiatric bed |
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registry available to law enforcement agencies, community service |
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boards, mental health facilities, public and private residential |
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crisis stabilization units, emergency care facilities, and |
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emergency care providers located in a county to which this chapter |
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applies. The commission may make the registry available to any |
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other person the commission considers appropriate. |
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(d) The commission may contract with any person the |
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commission considers appropriate to develop and administer the |
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acute psychiatric bed registry. |
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Sec. 535.004. INPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY |
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REQUIREMENTS. (a) An inpatient mental health facility located in |
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a county to which this chapter applies shall submit to the |
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commission information for the acute psychiatric bed registry as |
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required by the commission and review the information and confirm |
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the information's accuracy to the commission at least once daily |
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and whenever there is a change in bed availability at the facility. |
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(b) An inpatient mental health facility located in a county |
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to which this chapter applies shall designate an employee or |
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employees as necessary to: |
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(1) submit to the commission the information required |
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under Subsection (a) and review the information as required by that |
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subsection; and |
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(2) serve as a contact for questions about the |
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information submitted. |
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Sec. 535.005. GIFTS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS. The commission |
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may accept gifts, grants, or donations from a public or private |
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source to carry out this chapter. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2024, the Health and |
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Human Services Commission shall establish the acute psychiatric bed |
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registry required by Chapter 535, Health and Safety Code, as added |
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by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |