TX HB5463

Expands the criteria for demonstrating "substantial risk of serious harm" in emergency mental health detentions to include a person's inability to recognize symptoms of mental illness or appreciate the risks and benefits of treatment

Adds a new basis for court-ordered temporary and extended inpatient mental health services when a person lacks capacity to recognize their serious mental illness symptoms, cannot make rational treatment decisions, and would likely experience relapse or deterioration without treatment

Revises the emergency detention notification form to include additional fields for demographic information, restraint use, call origin location, observations/history (including substance use, psychiatric history, firearm possession), and specific provisions for children 17 and younger

Allows peace officers and EMS personnel to leave a facility immediately after transferring custody and filing the emergency detention notification, without being required to remain during medical screening or insurance verification

Expands venue options for filing court-ordered mental health services applications to include the county where the person was apprehended under emergency detention provisions, in addition to where they reside or are located