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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 79(R)

Senate Bill 348

Senate Author:  Wentworth

Effective:  5-3-05

House Sponsor:  Naishtat


            Senate Bill 348 amends the Health and Safety Code to authorize courts with jurisdiction over emergency detention or court-ordered treatment proceedings to be open only during normal business hours but requires that a probate judge or magistrate  be available at all times if so requested by a person taken into custody, detained, or proposed to be made a patient under court‑ordered treatment.