Amend CSHB 7 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 572.001(c), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:

(c)  A person or agency appointed as the guardian or a managing conservator of a person younger than 18 years of age and acting as an employee or agent of the state or a political subdivision of the state may request admission of the person younger than 18 years of age to an inpatient mental health facility [only with the person's consent. If the person does not consent, the person may be admitted for inpatient services] only pursuant to an application for court-ordered mental health services or emergency detention or an order for protective custody.