Bill Text: TX HB831 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to consent to the administration of certain medications provided to foster children.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-18 - Referred to Human Services [HB831 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB831-Introduced.html
83R5117 MCK-D | ||
By: N. Gonzalez of El Paso | H.B. No. 831 |
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relating to consent to the administration of certain medications | ||
provided to foster children. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 266.001, Family Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subdivision (6) to read as follows: | ||
(6) "Psychotropic drug" has the meaning assigned by | ||
Section 261.111. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 266.004, Family Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) Consent to the administration of a psychotropic drug | ||
is valid only if: | ||
(1) the consent is given voluntarily and without | ||
coercive or undue influence; | ||
(2) the health care provider administering the | ||
psychotropic drug or a person designated by that health care | ||
provider provides the following information to the person | ||
authorized by law to consent for the foster child: | ||
(A) the specific condition to be treated; | ||
(B) the beneficial effects on that condition | ||
expected from the drug; | ||
(C) the probable health and mental health | ||
consequences of not consenting to the drug; | ||
(D) the probable clinically significant side | ||
effects and risks associated with the drug; | ||
(E) the generally accepted alternatives to the | ||
drug, if any, and the reasons the health care provider recommends | ||
that the alternatives be rejected; and | ||
(F) the proposed course of the drug; | ||
(3) the person authorized by law to consent is | ||
informed in writing that consent may be revoked; and | ||
(4) the consent is evidenced in the foster child's | ||
health passport or equivalent record by a signed form or statement | ||
of the health care provider administering the psychotropic drug or | ||
a person designated by that health care provider that documents | ||
that consent was given by the appropriate person and the | ||
circumstances under which the consent was obtained. | ||
SECTION 3. The heading to Subchapter A, Chapter 266, Family | ||
Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |