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 __________________________ Governor