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, Health and Safety Code, is
1-6 amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (h) to
1-7 read as follows:
1-8 (c) The plan must address the patient's mental health and
1-9 physical needs, including, if appropriate:
1-10 (1) the need for sufficient medication on furlough or
1-11 discharge to last until the patient can see a physician; and
1-12 (2) the person or entity that is responsible for
1-13 providing and paying for the medication.
1-14 (h) Subsection (c) does not create a mandate that a facility
1-15 described by Section 571.003(9)(B) or (E) provide or pay for a
1-16 medication for a patient.
1-17 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-18 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-19 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-20 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-21 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2004 was passed by the House on May
5, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 2004 on May 25, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 1,
2 present, not voting.
_______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2004 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 22, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
0, 1 present, not voting.
_______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor