By: Huffman S.B. No. 1052
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an application for court-ordered mental health
  services.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 574.001, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (3) 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 3.  This Act takes effect on September 1, 2021.