By Maxey H.B. No. 2004 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the medication a patient receives after being 1-3 furloughed or discharged from inpatient mental health services. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 574.081(c), Health and Safety Code, is 1-6 amended to read as follows: 1-7 (c) The plan must address the patient's mental health and 1-8 physical needs, including, if appropriate: 1-9 (1) the need for sufficient medication on furlough or 1-10 discharge to last until the patient can see a physician; and 1-11 (2) the person who is responsible for providing and 1-12 paying for the medication. 1-13 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-14 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-15 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-16 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-17 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.