Texas Mental Health Legislative Reform: Significant Achievements With More to Come
Date
2020
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Publisher
Texas Tech Law Review Online Edition
Abstract
This Article will discuss recent legislative and judicial initiatives, as well as focus on next steps. In particular, Section II of this Article will analyze several key legislative enactments intended to address some of these issues from the last two regular legislative sessions. In turn, Section III will discuss the creation of the Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health. Finally, Section IV will highlight additional legislative proposals that are likely to come before the legislature in 2021.
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Keywords
Mental health laws, Legislative enactments, Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health, Mental health law reforms, Mental health
Citation
53 Tex. Tech L. Rev. Online Ed. 1