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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a mental health facility to require a |
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peace officer to transport a person apprehended for emergency |
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detention to a medical facility to receive a medical evaluation |
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before being transported to the mental health facility. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 573.001, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: |
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(d-1) A mental health facility described by Subsection (d) |
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may not require a peace officer to transport a person taken into |
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custody under this section to a medical facility to receive a |
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medical evaluation before the peace officer transports the person |
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to the mental health facility. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |