By: Naishtat (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) H.B. No. 1829

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2011; April 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services; May 6, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 6, 2011, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1829 By: Nelson

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to an application for emergency detention and to the transfer to a mental hospital of a person admitted for emergency detention.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 573.012, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subsection (h-1) to read as follows:

(h-1) After the presentation of an application under Subsection (h), the judge or magistrate may transmit a warrant to the applicant electronically, if a digital signature, as defined by Article 2.26, Code of Criminal Procedure, is transmitted with the document.

SECTION 2. Section 573.022, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:

(c) A facility that has admitted a person for emergency detention under Subsection (a) or to which a person has been transported under Subsection (b) may transfer the person to an appropriate mental hospital with the written consent of the hospital administrator.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.

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