LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              April 11, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Patricia Gray, Chair, House Committee on Public
               Health
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB1887  by Janek (Relating to the rights of patients
               receiving mental health services.), As Introduced
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The bill would add a subchapter to the Mental Health Code which allows
persons who have had commitment proceedings initiated (but no final
order) to consent to voluntary inpatient services and prohibits persons
who have converted to a voluntary status to consent to participation in
research programs.  The bill assumes that once commitment proceedings
are initiated a person lacks capacity to consent to certain actions.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   655   TX Dept. of Mental Health & Mental Retardation
LBB Staff:         JK, HD, MB