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Committee considers streamlining court filing and notice rules for mental-health proceedings
Summary
Senate Bill 53 would update notice and filing requirements in court proceedings involving persons with mental illness, including clarifying that sheriffs, constables, and deputies may personally serve notices; invited witnesses explained the bill updates antiquated requirements dating to the era of faded fax originals.
The Committee on Health & Human Services considered Senate Bill 53, authored by Sen. Judith Zaffirini, which would update certain notice and original-document filing requirements for courts with mental-health jurisdiction.
Zaffirini told the committee the bill would eliminate an outdated requirement that an original paper document be filed within 72 hours after an electronic filing — a rule rooted in concerns that ink on paper and faxed documents faded. She…
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