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Senate Bill 118 |
Senate Author: Uresti |
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Effective: 9-1-11 |
House Sponsor: Menendez et al. |
Senate Bill 118 amends the Health and Safety Code to change from at least 60 consecutive days during the preceding 12 months to a total of at least 60 days during the preceding 12 months the minimum amount of time a proposed patient has received certain court-ordered inpatient mental health services before a judge is authorized to order the proposed patient to receive court-ordered extended outpatient mental health services and includes as an alternative condition on which such an order may be based a finding that the proposed patient has received court-ordered outpatient mental health services during the preceding 60 days. The bill requires an application for extended outpatient mental health services to state certain information regarding the amount of court-ordered inpatient or outpatient mental health services the person has received.