S.B. No. 118
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to a court's authority to order a proposed patient to
  receive extended outpatient mental health services.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Section 574.035, Health and
  Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The judge may order a proposed patient to receive
  court-ordered extended outpatient mental health services only if:
               (1)  the judge finds that appropriate mental health
  services are available to the patient; and
               (2)  the jury, or the judge if the right to a jury is
  waived, finds from clear and convincing evidence that:
                     (A)  the proposed patient is mentally ill;
                     (B)  the nature of the mental illness is severe
  and persistent;
                     (C)  as a result of the mental illness, the
  proposed patient will, if not treated, continue to:
                           (i)  suffer severe and abnormal mental,
  emotional, or physical distress; and
                           (ii)  experience deterioration of the
  ability to function independently to the extent that the proposed
  patient will be unable to live safely in the community without
  court-ordered outpatient mental health services;
                     (D)  the proposed patient has an inability to
  participate in outpatient treatment services effectively and
  voluntarily, demonstrated by:
                           (i)  any of the proposed patient's actions
  occurring within the two-year period which immediately precedes the
  hearing; or
                           (ii)  specific characteristics of the
  proposed patient's clinical condition that make impossible a
  rational and informed decision whether to submit to voluntary
  outpatient treatment;
                     (E)  the proposed patient's condition is expected
  to continue for more than 90 days; and
                     (F)  the proposed patient has received:
                           (i)  court-ordered inpatient mental health
  services under this subtitle or under Subchapter D or E, Chapter
  46B, Code of Criminal Procedure, for a total of at least 60
  [consecutive] days during the preceding 12 months; or
                           (ii)  court-ordered outpatient mental
  health services under this subtitle or under Subchapter D or E,
  Chapter 46B, Code of Criminal Procedure, during the preceding 60
  days.
         SECTION 2.  Subsection (b), Section 574.002, Health and
  Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The application must state whether the application is
  for temporary or extended mental health services. An application
  for extended inpatient mental health services must state that the
  person has received court-ordered inpatient mental health services
  under this subtitle or under Subchapter D or E, Chapter 46B, Code of
  Criminal Procedure, for at least 60 consecutive days during the
  preceding 12 months.  An application for extended outpatient mental
  health services must state that the person has received:
               (1)  court-ordered inpatient mental health services
  under this subtitle or under Subchapter D or E, Chapter 46B, Code of
  Criminal Procedure, for a total of at least 60 days during the
  preceding 12 months; or
               (2)  court-ordered outpatient mental health services
  under this subtitle or under Subchapter D or E, Chapter 46B, Code of
  Criminal Procedure, during the preceding 60 days.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 118 passed the Senate on
  March 17, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 118 passed the House on
  May 17, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, one
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor