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