TX HB5465

Requires local law enforcement agencies to make good faith efforts to divert individuals experiencing mental health crises or substance abuse to treatment facilities instead of arrest, and mandates annual reporting of diversion plans to county/municipal governing bodies and the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement

Allows justice or municipal courts to dismiss complaints against defendants (including children and those with mental illness or intellectual/developmental disabilities) who lack capacity to understand criminal proceedings or assist in their own defense

Modifies competency restoration procedures by requiring courts to determine if defendants are likely to be restored within the authorized restoration period before ordering treatment, and expands options for releasing defendants on bail or dismissing charges when outpatient restoration programs are unavailable

Expands mental health court programs to include assisted outpatient treatment courts for persons subject to court-ordered outpatient mental health services, and clarifies that judges in non-regional specialty court programs can enter orders, impose sanctions, and recommend dismissals

Streamlines court-ordered psychoactive medication procedures by allowing "primary care providers" (including physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, and physician assistants) rather than only physicians to file applications and testify in support of medication orders