By Maxey H.B. No. 2004 77R4605 CBH-D 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 the need for sufficient medication on 1-9 furlough or discharge to last until the patient can see a 1-10 physician, if appropriate. The physician responsible for the 1-11 patient's treatment shall ensure that the patient receives on 1-12 furlough or discharge the necessary medication identified in the 1-13 plan under this subsection, if appropriate. 1-14 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-15 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-16 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-17 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-18 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.