88R11900 EAS-D
 
  By: Johnson of Dallas H.B. No. 186
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 186:
 
  By:  Leach C.S.H.B. No. 186
 
 
 
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 located at the time the application is filed [is
  found]; [or]
               (3)  was apprehended under Chapter 573; or
               (4)  is receiving mental health services by court order
  or under Subchapter A, Chapter 573.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.