SB 1492: Mental Health and Substance Abuse
GENERAL BILL by Rodriguez
Mental Health and Substance Abuse; Providing exceptions to a provision prohibiting the court from appointing the public defender to represent certain persons who are not indigent; providing that the opinion of a qualified professional, rather than that of a psychiatrist or psychiatric nurse practicing within the framework of an established protocol with a psychiatrist, may be the basis for the court to grant a petition for the appointment of a guardian advocate; authorizing a qualified professional, rather than a physician or the patient’s psychiatric nurse, to restrict a patient’s access to his or her clinical records if the qualified professional believes such access to the records is harmful to the patient; requiring the qualified professional who assessed the patient, rather than the treating physician or psychiatric nurse practicing within the framework of an established protocol with a psychiatrist, to document in the patient’s clinical record that the patient is able to give express and informed consent for admission, etc.
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 2/27/2025 Senate • Filed
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SB 1492, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/27/2025 at 9:00 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (3)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 1494 Public Records and Public Meetings/Hearings Relating to Mental Health and Substance Abuse Rodriguez Linked Last Action: 2/27/2025 S Filed 
H 1355 Mental Health and Substance Abuse Maney Similar Last Action: 2/27/2025 H Filed
H 1357 Pub. Rec. and Meetings/Mental Health and Substance Abuse Maney Compare Last Action: 2/27/2025 H Filed
Citations - Statutes (56)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 27.51 Duties of public defender. Page 20 (pdf) 27.511 Offices of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel; legislative intent; qualifications; appointment; duties. Page 20 (pdf) 39.407 Medical, psychiatric, and psychological examination and treatment of child; physical, mental, or substance abuse examination of person with or requesting child custody. Page 94 (pdf) 119.0712 Executive branch agency-specific exemptions from inspection or copying of public records. Page 95 (pdf) 394.455 Definitions. Page 21 (pdf) 394.4598 Guardian advocate. Page 23 (pdf) 394.4599 Notice. Page 26 (pdf) 394.4612 Integrated adult mental health crisis stabilization and addictions receiving facilities. Page 103 (pdf) 394.4615 Clinical records; confidentiality. Page 28 (pdf) 394.462 Transportation. Page 106 (pdf) 394.4625 Voluntary admissions. Page 28 (pdf) 394.463 Involuntary examination. Page 29 (pdf) 394.4655 Orders to involuntary outpatient placement. Page 40 (pdf) 394.467 Involuntary inpatient placement and involuntary outpatient services. Page 45 (pdf) 394.468 Admission and discharge procedures. Page 56 (pdf) 394.4785 Children and adolescents; admission and placement in mental facilities. Page 57 (pdf) 394.492 Definitions. Page 98 (pdf) 394.495 Child and adolescent mental health system of care; programs and services. Page 58 (pdf) 394.496 Service planning. Page 58 (pdf) 394.499 Integrated children’s crisis stabilization unit/juvenile addictions receiving facility services. Page 59 (pdf) 394.67 Definitions. Page 99 (pdf) 394.674 Eligibility for publicly funded substance abuse and mental health services; fee collection requirements. Page 100 (pdf) 394.676 Indigent psychiatric medication program. Page 60 (pdf) 394.875 Crisis stabilization units, residential treatment facilities, and residential treatment centers for children and adolescents; authorized services; license required. Page 60 (pdf) 394.9085 Behavioral provider liability. Page 86 (pdf) 397.311 Definitions. Page 61 (pdf) 397.416 Substance abuse treatment services; qualified professional. Page 64 (pdf) 397.501 Rights of individuals. Page 65 (pdf) 397.675 Criteria for involuntary admissions, including protective custody, emergency admission, and other involuntary assessment, involuntary treatment, and alternative involuntary assessment for minors, for purposes of assessment and stabilization, and for Page 65 (pdf) 397.6751 Service provider responsibilities regarding involuntary admissions. Page 103 (pdf) 397.6759 Parental participation in treatment. Page 104 (pdf) 397.677 Protective custody; circumstances justifying. Page 104 (pdf) 397.6773 Dispositional alternatives after protective custody. Page 105 (pdf) 397.679 Emergency admission; circumstances justifying. Page 105 (pdf) 397.6798 Alternative involuntary assessment procedure for minors. Page 86 (pdf) 397.681 Involuntary petitions; general provisions; court jurisdiction and right to counsel. Page 67 (pdf) 397.68111 Involuntary treatment. Page 68 (pdf) 397.68112 Involuntary services; persons who may petition. Page 69 (pdf) 397.68141 Contents of petition for involuntary treatment services. Page 69 (pdf) 397.68151 Duties of court upon filing of petition for involuntary services. Page 72 (pdf) 397.6818 Court determination. Page 68 (pdf) 397.693 Page 68 (pdf) 397.695 Page 69 (pdf) 397.6951 Page 69 (pdf) 397.6955 Page 72 (pdf) 397.6957 Hearing on petition for involuntary treatment services. Page 75 (pdf) 397.697 Court determination; effect of court order for involuntary services. Page 80 (pdf) 397.6971 Early release from involuntary services. Page 83 (pdf) 397.6975 Extension of involuntary treatment services period. Page 84 (pdf) 397.6977 Disposition of individual upon completion of involuntary services. Page 85 (pdf) 397.702 Authorization of local ordinances for treatment of habitual abusers in licensed secure facilities. Page 100 (pdf) 743.067 Certified unaccompanied homeless youths. Page 94 (pdf) 790.065 Sale and delivery of firearms. Page 87 (pdf) 945.46 Initiation of involuntary placement proceedings with respect to a mentally ill inmate scheduled for release. Page 96 (pdf) 984.19 Medical screening and treatment of child; examination of parent, guardian, or person requesting custody. Page 96 (pdf) 985.115 Release or delivery from custody. Page 98 (pdf)