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House Bill 167 |
House Author: Raymond |
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Effective: 9-1-11 |
Senate Sponsor: Zaffirini |
House Bill 167 amends the Health and Safety Code to authorize the commissioners court of a county to establish and maintain a list of qualified transportation service providers that a court may authorize to transport a certain mental health patient to a designated mental health facility for the purposes of emergency detention or a protective custody order, and grants the commissioners court certain other authority with regard to that list. The bill expands the persons authorized to provide such transportation to include a qualified transportation service provider selected from the respective commissioners court's list, establishes an order of priority for the persons whom a court may authorize to provide the transportation, and authorizes certain persons who are authorized to provide the transportation to contract with a listed qualified transportation service provider. The bill requires the Department of State Health Services to prescribe uniform standards for listing as a qualified transportation service provider and for the provision of transportation to a mental health facility.