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Senate Bill 465 |
Senate Author: West, Royce |
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Effective: 6-17-05 |
House Sponsor: Naishtat |
Senate Bill 465 amends provisions of the Health and Safety Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure to bring certain statutes relating to the administration of psychoactive medication against a person's will to a person found incompetent to stand trial or not guilty by reason of insanity or a person committed to a state mental health and mental retardation facility or psychiatric hospital into compliance with rulings of the Supreme Court of the United States. The bill includes provisions relating to information required to be included in an application for an order to authorize the administration of a psychoactive medication, clarifies patients for whom an order may be issued and conditions that must be met before an order may be issued, and adds issues a court must consider in finding that treatment with a proposed medication is in the best interest of the patient. Senate Bill 465 also adds issues a court must consider in determining that the administration of a psychoactive medication is warranted because a patient presents a danger to the patient or others and includes provisions relating to required review and expiration of an order and the date by which a motion to compel medication must be filed.