By: Campbell  S.B. No. 2628
         (In the Senate - Filed May 2, 2023; May 2, 2023, read first
  time and referred to Committee on Health & Human Services;
  May 8, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 8,
  Nays 0; May 8, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to requiring medical clearance before admission to an
  inpatient mental health facility.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 575.001, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to
  read as follows:
         (a)  Subject to Subsection (c), the [The] facility
  administrator of an inpatient mental health facility may admit and
  detain a patient under the procedures prescribed by this subtitle.
         (c)  A patient may not be admitted under Subsection (a)
  unless the patient has undergone a medical examination that
  determines that the patient does not have a medical condition that
  would prevent facility staff from providing care to the patient or
  other patients.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to an
  admission to an inpatient mental health facility on or after the
  effective date of this Act. An admission before the effective date
  of this Act is governed by the law in effect on that date, and that
  law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
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