TITLE: Relating to the payment of costs incurred by the involuntary commitment of persons with mental illness.

SUMMARY: Relating to the payment of costs incurred by the involuntary commitment of persons with mental illness.

FULL TEXT:
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.