Enrolled Bill Summary

            Senate Bill 1361 amends the Civil Practice and Remedies Code to authorize a physician or other health care provider to withdraw from providing treatment consistent with the exercise of independent medical judgment if the physician or provider is unwilling at any time to comply with a declaration for mental health treatment, provided the physician or provider makes a reasonable effort to transfer care for the principal to a physician or provider who is willing to comply with the declaration, notify the principal or principal's guardian, if appropriate, of the decision to withdraw, and record in the principal's medical record the notification and, if applicable, the name of the physician or provider to whom the principal is transferred.

            The act also modifies provisions concerning disregard and revocation of declarations for mental health treatment.