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79R15569 UM-F


By:  Raymond                                                      H.B. No. 3067

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3067:                                   

By:  Paxton                                                   C.S.H.B. No. 3067



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the transportation of certain mental health patients.             
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 574.045(a), Health and Safety Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The court may authorize, in the following order of 
priority, the transportation of a committed patient or a patient 
detained under Section 573.022 or 574.023 to the designated mental 
health facility by:
		(1)  a special officer for mental health assignment 
certified under Section 1701.404, Occupations Code [a relative or 
other responsible person who has a proper interest in the patient's 
welfare and who receives no remuneration, except for actual and 
necessary expenses];
		(2)  the facility administrator of the designated 
mental health facility, unless [if] the administrator notifies the 
court that facility personnel are not available to transport the 
patient;
		(3)  [a special officer for mental health assignment 
certified under Section 1701.404, Occupations Code;
		[(4)]  a representative of the local mental health 
authority, who shall be reimbursed by the county;
		(4)  a relative or other responsible person who has a 
proper interest in the patient's welfare and who receives no 
remuneration, except for actual and necessary expenses; or
		(5)  the sheriff or constable[, if no person is 
available under Subdivision (1), (2), (3), or (4)].
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.