88R12153 MPF-D
 
  By: Cain, et al. H.B. No. 2417
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to providing a person taken into custody for emergency
  detention with information concerning the person's rights.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 573.001(g), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (g)  A peace officer who takes a person into custody under
  Subsection (a) shall immediately inform the person orally in
  simple, nontechnical terms:
               (1)  of the reason for the detention; [and]
               (2)  of the warning described by Section 2(a), Article
  38.22, Code of Criminal Procedure; and
               (3)  that a staff member of the facility will inform the
  person of the person's rights at [within 24 hours after] the time
  the person is admitted to a facility and before questioning,
  assessing, or examining the person, as provided by Section
  573.025(b).
         SECTION 2.  Section 573.025(b), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  A person apprehended, detained, or transported for
  emergency detention under this subtitle shall be informed of the
  rights provided by this section and this subtitle:
               (1)  orally in simple, nontechnical terms, at [within
  24 hours after] the time the person is admitted to a facility and
  before the person is questioned, assessed, or examined, and in
  writing in the person's primary language if possible; or
               (2)  through the use of a means reasonably calculated
  to communicate with a hearing or visually impaired person, if
  applicable.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.