1-1     By:  Maxey (Senate Sponsor - Carona)                  H.B. No. 2004
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2001;
 1-3     May 7, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
 1-4     and Human Services; May 11, 2001, reported adversely, with
 1-5     favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays
 1-6     0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2004                  By:  Carona
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to the medication a patient receives after being
1-11     furloughed or discharged from inpatient mental health services.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1. Section 574.081, Health and Safety Code, is
1-14     amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (h) to
1-15     read as follows:
1-16           (c)  The plan must address the patient's mental health and
1-17     physical needs, including, if appropriate:
1-18                 (1)  the need for sufficient medication on furlough or
1-19     discharge to last until the patient can see a physician; and
1-20                 (2)  the person or entity that is responsible for
1-21     providing and paying for the medication.
1-22           (h)  Subsection (c) does not create a mandate that a facility
1-23     described by Section 571.003(9)(B) or (E) provide or pay for a
1-24     medication for a patient.
1-25           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-26     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-27     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-28     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-29     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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