H.B. No. 1213

	AN ACT
	relating to court reporter costs incurred in a hearing or
	proceeding for the involuntary detention of a person with mental
	illness.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 571.018(c), Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(c)  Costs under this section include:
	(1)  attorney's fees;
	(2)  physician examination fees;
	(3)  compensation for court-appointed personnel listed
	under Section 571.017;
	(4)  expenses of transportation to a mental health
	facility or to a federal agency not to exceed $50 if transporting
	within the same county and not to exceed the reasonable cost of
	transportation if transporting between counties;
	(5)  costs and salary supplements authorized under
	Sections 574.031(i) and (j); [and]
	(6)  prosecutor's fees authorized under Section
	574.031(k); and
	(7)  court reporter costs.
	SECTION 2.  Section 571.018(c), Health and Safety Code, as
	amended by this Act, applies only to the court reporter costs
	incurred on or after the effective date of this Act. Court reporter
	costs incurred before the effective date of this Act are governed by
	the law in effect when the hearing was initiated, and the former law
	is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1213 was passed by the House on April
	16, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1213 was passed by the Senate on May
	19, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor