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  89R1073 EAS-F     By: Leach H.B. No. 3163       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the county in which an application for court-ordered   mental health services must be filed.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 574.001(b), Health and Safety Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (f), the application   must be filed with the county clerk in the county in which the   proposed patient:                (1)  resides;                (2)   is located at the time the application is filed [ is   found ]; [ or ]                (3)   was apprehended under Chapter 573; or                 (4)   is receiving mental health services by court order   or under Subchapter A, Chapter 573.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act to Section   574.001, Health and Safety Code, applies only to an application for   court-ordered mental health services submitted on or after the   effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.