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CHAPTER 1130 H.B. No. 2518 1 AN ACT 2 relating to a mental health court program. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 4 SECTION 1. Section 616.002, Health and Safety Code, is 5 amended to read as follows: 6 Sec. 616.002. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH PROGRAM. The 7 commissioners court of a county may establish a mental health court 8 program for persons who: 9 (1) have been arrested for or charged with a 10 misdemeanor or felony; and 11 (2) are suspected by a law enforcement agency or a 12 court of having a mental illness or mental retardation. 13 SECTION 2. Section 616.003, Health and Safety Code, is 14 amended to read as follows: 15 Sec. 616.003. PROGRAM. (a) A mental health court program 16 established under Section 616.002: 17 (1) may handle all issues arising under Articles 16.22 18 and[-,] 17.032, Code of Criminal Procedure, and Chapter 46B [46.02], 19 Code of Criminal Procedure; and 20 (2) must: 21 (A) ensure a person eligible for the program is 22 provided legal counsel before volunteering to proceed through the 23 mental health court program and while participating in the program; 24 (B) allow a person, if eligible for the program,
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2518, Chapter 1130,
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June 18, 2005;
[Austin, Texas].
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