Texas HB1538 amends the Health and Safety Code to allow peace officers to apprehend individuals for emergency detention and authorizes certain.
Texas HB1538 amends the Health and Safety Code to allow peace officers to apprehend individuals for emergency detention if the person has been admitted as a patient to a specified facility. The bill also allows certain facilities to adopt policies authorizing physicians to temporarily detain individuals who voluntarily requested treatment or lack the capacity to consent to treatment.
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