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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to providing a person taken into custody for emergency |
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detention with information concerning the person's rights. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 573.001(g), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(g) A peace officer who takes a person into custody under |
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Subsection (a) shall immediately inform the person orally in |
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simple, nontechnical terms: |
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(1) of the reason for the detention; and |
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(2) that a staff member of the facility will inform the |
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person of the person's rights before questioning, assessing, or |
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examining the person [within 24 hours after the time the person is
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admitted to a facility], as provided by Section 573.025(b). |
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SECTION 2. Section 573.025(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A person apprehended, detained, or transported for |
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emergency detention under this subtitle shall be informed of the |
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rights provided by this section and this subtitle: |
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(1) orally in simple, nontechnical terms, before the |
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person is questioned, assessed, or examined [within 24 hours after
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the time the person is admitted to a facility], and in writing in |
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the person's primary language if possible; or |
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(2) through the use of a means reasonably calculated |
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to communicate with a hearing or visually impaired person, if |
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applicable. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |