HB 955: Mental Health Treatment and Examinations
GENERAL BILL by Gottlieb ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Valdés
Mental Health Treatment and Examinations; Specifies additional persons who may consent to mental health treatment; revises frequency with which restriction on patient's right to communicate or receive visitors must be reviewed; authorizes receiving facility & counties to seek assistance from mobile crisis response team; revises criteria for involuntary examination; revises standards for use of physical force & restraint in taking custody of persons subject to ex parte orders; revises provisions on return of firearms to persons after confiscation; revises who may testify as to patients history in considering criteria for involuntary outpatient services; specifies rights to treatment of persons in county & municipal detention facilities.
Last Action: 4/30/2021 House - Died in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 2/12/2021 House • Filed
2/25/2021 House • Referred to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
• Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
• Referred to Judiciary Committee
• Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
• Now in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
3/2/2021 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
4/30/2021 House • Died in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
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HB 955, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/12/2021 at 10:35 AM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (3)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 1736 Mental Health Treatment and Examinations Ausley Similar Last Action: 4/30/2021 S Died in Judiciary 
H 405 Mental Health and Substance Abuse Maney Compare Last Action: 4/30/2021 H Died in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
S 828 (c1) Mental Health and Substance Abuse Book Compare Last Action: 4/30/2021 S Died in Judiciary
Citations - Statutes (8)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 394.4573 Coordinated system of care; annual assessment; essential elements; measures of performance; system improvement grants; reports. Page 18 (pdf) 394.459 Rights of patients. Page 2 (pdf) 394.4599 Notice. Page 5 (pdf) 394.462 Transportation. Page 6 (pdf) 394.463 Involuntary examination. Page 10 (pdf) 394.4655 Involuntary outpatient services. Page 17 (pdf) 394.496 Service planning. Page 19 (pdf) 951.23 County and municipal detention facilities; definitions; administration; standards and requirements. Page 19 (pdf)