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Amend HB 7 on third reading by striking the SECTION of the bill added by Amendment No. 31 by Price, amending Section 572.001(c), Health and Safety Code, and substituting the following appropriately numbered SECTION:
SECTION ____. Section 572.001, Health and Safety Code, is amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (c-2), (c-3), (c-4), and (c-5) 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 as provided by Subsection (c-2) or pursuant to an application for court-ordered mental health services or emergency detention or an order for protective custody.
(c-2) The Department of Family and Protective Services may request the admission to an inpatient mental health facility of a minor in the managing conservatorship of that department only if a physician states the physician's opinion, and the detailed reasons for that opinion, that the minor is a person:
(1) with mental illness or who demonstrates symptoms of a serious emotional disorder; and
(2) who presents a risk of serious harm to self if not immediately restrained or hospitalized.
(c-3) The admission to an inpatient mental health facility under Subsection (c-2) of a minor in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services is a significant event for purposes of Section 264.018, Family Code, and the Department of Family and Protective Services shall provide notice of the significant event:
(1) in accordance with that section to all parties entitled to notice under that section; and
(2) to the court with continuing jurisdiction before the expiration of three business days after the minor's admission.
(c-4) The Department of Family and Protective Services periodically shall review the need for continued inpatient treatment of a minor admitted to an inpatient mental health facility under Subsection (c-2). If following the review that department determines there is no longer a need for continued inpatient treatment, that department shall notify the facility administrator designated to detain the minor that the minor may no longer be detained unless an application for court-ordered mental health services is filed.