78R5516 SMJ-D
By: Hilderbran H.B. No. 3240
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain requirements for filing an application for
court-ordered chemical dependency treatment services for an adult.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 462.062, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding a new Subsection (a) and amending and relettering
existing Subsection (a) as Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a) In this section, "member of the person's family" means a
family member who is related to the person within the second degree
by affinity or consanguinity.
(a-1) [(a)] A county or district attorney or other adult may
file a sworn written application for court-ordered treatment of
another person. The [Only the] district or county attorney or a
member of the person's family may file an application that is not
accompanied by a certificate of medical examination for chemical
dependency.
SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
(b) Section 462.062, Health and Safety Code, as amended by
this Act, applies only to an application for court-ordered
treatment for chemical dependency that is filed on or after the
effective date of this Act. An application for court-ordered
treatment for chemical dependency that is filed before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the
application was filed, and that law is continued in effect for that
purpose.