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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an acute psychiatric bed registry to list available |
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beds for emergency detention and treatment of certain individuals. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 533, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 533.054 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 533.054. ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC BED REGISTRY. (a) In this |
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section, "inpatient mental health facility" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 571.003. |
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(b) The department shall develop and administer a web-based |
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and searchable acute psychiatric bed registry to collect, |
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aggregate, and display information about beds at inpatient mental |
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health facilities that are available for the temporary detention |
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and treatment of individuals under Chapter 573. |
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(c) For each inpatient mental health facility, the acute |
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psychiatric bed registry must list: |
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(1) the name and contact information of the facility; |
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(2) the number of available beds; |
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(3) the type of individual that may be admitted; |
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(4) the level of security provided; and |
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(5) any other information that may be necessary to |
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identify appropriate beds for the temporary detention and treatment |
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of individuals under Chapter 573. |
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(d) The department shall make the acute psychiatric bed |
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registry available to community service boards, mental health |
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facilities, public and private residential crisis stabilization |
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units, emergency care facilities, and emergency care providers. |
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The department may make the registry available to any other person |
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the department considers appropriate. |
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(e) An inpatient mental health facility shall submit to the |
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department information for the acute psychiatric bed registry as |
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required by the department and review the information and confirm |
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its accuracy to the department at least once daily and whenever |
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there is a change in bed availability at the facility. |
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(f) An inpatient mental health facility shall designate an |
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employee or employees as necessary to: |
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(1) submit to the department the information required |
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under Subsection (e) and review the information as required by that |
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subsection; and |
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(2) serve as a contact for questions about the |
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information submitted. |
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(g) The department may contract with any person the |
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department considers appropriate to develop and administer the |
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acute psychiatric bed registry. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2018, the Department of |
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State Health Services shall establish the acute psychiatric bed |
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registry required by Section 533.054, Health and Safety Code, as |
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added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |