By: Johnson of Dallas (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) H.B. No. 2709
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2021;
  May 14, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Jurisprudence; May 21, 2021, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 21, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the county in which an application for court-ordered
  mental health services must be filed.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 574.001(b), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (f), the application
  must be filed with the county clerk in the county in which the
  proposed patient:
               (1)  resides;
               (2)  is found; [or]
               (3)  is being assessed in an emergency room or
  hospital; or 
               (4)  is receiving mental health services by court order
  or under Subchapter A, Chapter 573.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
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