By: Naishtat (Senate Sponsor - Nelson)	H.B. No. 1829
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2011;
	April 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
	and Human Services; May 6, 2011, reported adversely, with
	favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9,
	Nays 0; May 6, 2011, sent to printer.)
	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1829	By:  Nelson

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to an application for emergency detention and to the
	transfer to a mental hospital of a person admitted for emergency
	detention.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 573.012, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended by adding Subsection (h-1) to read as follows:
	(h-1)  After the presentation of an application under
	Subsection (h), the judge or magistrate may transmit a warrant to
	the applicant electronically, if a digital signature, as defined by
	Article 2.26, Code of Criminal Procedure, is transmitted with the
	document.
	SECTION 2.  Section 573.022, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)  A facility that has admitted a person for emergency
	detention under Subsection (a) or to which a person has been
	transported under Subsection (b) may transfer the person to an
	appropriate mental hospital with the written consent of the
	hospital administrator.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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