H.B. No. 1329
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the payment of costs incurred by the involuntary
  commitment of persons with mental illness.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 571.018(a) and (b), Health and Safety
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The costs for a hearing or proceeding under this
  subtitle shall be paid by:
               (1)  the county in which [that initiates] emergency
  detention procedures are initiated under Subchapter A or B, Chapter
  573; or
               (2)  if no emergency detention procedures are
  initiated, the county that accepts an application for court-ordered
  mental health services, issues an order for protective custody, or
  issues an order for temporary mental health services.
         (b)  The county responsible for the costs of a hearing or
  proceeding under Subsection (a) shall pay the costs of all
  subsequent hearings or proceedings for that person under this
  subtitle until the person is discharged from mental health
  services. The county may not pay the costs from any fees collected
  under Section 51.704, Government Code. The costs shall be billed by
  the clerk of the court conducting the hearings.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1329 was passed by the House on May 8,
  2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 2, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1329 was passed by the Senate on May
  26, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor