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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study regarding available beds at inpatient mental |
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health facilities providing acute psychiatric treatment. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "commission" means the |
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Health and Human Services Commission. |
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(b) The commission shall conduct a study regarding the |
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availability of beds at inpatient mental health facilities in this |
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state that provide acute inpatient psychiatric treatment. The |
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study must evaluate: |
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(1) the current number of psychiatric beds available |
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at inpatient mental health facilities in this state that provide |
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inpatient psychiatric treatment to individuals experiencing an |
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acute mental health crisis, including a breakdown of: |
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(i) the number of beds available for competency |
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restoration; |
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(ii) the number of beds available to patients who |
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are subject to a civil commitment order; |
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(iii) the number of beds available to patients |
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who are 18 years of age or older as well as the number of beds |
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available to patients that are 17 years of age or younger; and |
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(iv) the percentage of current patients |
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receiving inpatient psychiatric treatment in this state that are |
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likely to require long term care; |
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(2) the current number of patients at inpatient mental |
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health facilities in this state that provide inpatient psychiatric |
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treatment to individuals experiencing an acute mental crisis, |
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including a breakdown of the following: |
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(i) the number of patients admitted to these |
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facilities for competency restoration purposes; |
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(ii) the number of patients admitted to these |
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facilities as a result of a civil commitment order; |
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(iii) the number of patients admitted to these |
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facilities who are 18 years of age or older as well as the number of |
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patients who are 17 years of age or younger; and |
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(iv) the number of patients admitted to these |
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facilities that have been diagnosed with an intellectual or |
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developmental disability; |
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(3) the projected need over the next several years for |
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additional psychiatric beds at inpatient mental health facilities |
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that provide inpatient psychiatric treatment to those individuals, |
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including an estimation of the percent of incoming patients that |
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will require long term care; and |
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(4) current and anticipated resources necessary to |
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meet the demands described by Subdivisions (1), (2), and (3). |
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(c) In designing and conducting the study, the commission |
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may collaborate with institutions of higher education in this state |
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that award medical degrees. |
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(d) Not later than September 1, 2024, the commission shall |
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prepare and submit to the legislature a written report containing |
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the results of the study and any recommendations for legislative or |
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other action. |
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SECTION 2. This Act expires September 1, 2025. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |