79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 224, Chapter 48 Page: 1 of 3
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H.B. No. 224
1 AN ACT
2 relating to the treatment of certain persons younger than 18 years
3 of age admitted for voluntary inpatient mental health services and
4 discharge from that treatment for those persons.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
6 , SECTION 1. Section 572.004(i), Health and Safety Code, is
7 amended to read as follows:
8 (i) On receipt of a written request for discharge from a
9 patient admitted under Section 572.002(3)(B) who is younger than
10 18 years of age, a facility shall consult with [eet4-y] the
11 patient's parent, managing conservator, or guardian regarding the
12 discharge. If the parent, managing conservator, or guardian
13 objects in writing to the patient's discharge, the facility shall
14 continue treatment of the patient as a voluntary patient [of the
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16 SECTION 2. Section 576.025(a), Health and Safety Code, is
17 amended to read as follows:
18 (a) A person may not administer a psychoactive medication to
19 a patient receiving voluntary or involuntary mental health services
20 who refuses the administration unless:
21 (1) the patient is having a medication-related
22 emergency;
23 (2) the patient is younger than 16 years of age, or the
24 patient is younger than 18 years of age and is a patient admitted1
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 224, Chapter 48, legislative document, May 17, 2005; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth156746/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.