TO: | Honorable Lois W. Kolkhorst, Chair, House Committee on Public Health |
FROM: | John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB167 by Raymond (Relating to the transportation of certain mental health patients.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
The bill would amend Section 574.045(a) of the Health and Safety Code to revise the order of priority of who the court may authorize to transport a patient committed or detained to a designated mental health facility.
The bill adds qualified transportation service providers selected from a list maintained by the commissioners court in a given county to the list of individuals authorized to transport a patient committed or detained to a designated mental health facility.
The Department of State Health Services and the Office of Court Administration anticipate that there will be no significant fiscal impact to the state associated with these provisions.
Source Agencies: | 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 537 State Health Services, Department of
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LBB Staff: | JOB, CL, MB, JF, NB, BM, TB
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