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79R3157 UM-D

By:  Pena                                                         H.B. No. 3092



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.  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.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.