Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 1887 amends the Health and Safety Code to establish that a person for whom a motion for court-ordered mental health services is filed and who requests voluntary admission to an inpatient mental health facility is presumed to have the capacity to consent to admission for voluntary mental health services. The bill also establishes that the patient has all rights of a patient receiving voluntary or involuntary inpatient mental health services and sets forth conditions under which a patient may participate in a research program in the facility.