| Model legislation to ban the use of convulsive or coma-inducing therapies, such as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) (page 2) |
4-1 [(7)] the number of fractures, reported memory losses, 4-2 incidents of apnea, and cardiac arrests without death; 4-3 (6) [(8)] autopsy findings if death followed within 14 4-4 days after the date of the administration of the therapy; and 4-5 (7) [(9)] any other information required by the 4-6 department. 4-7 SECTION 5. Section 578.008(a), Health and Safety Code, is 4-8 amended to read as follows: 4-9 (a) The department shall use the information received under 4-10 Section 578.007 to analyze, audit, and 4-11 monitor the use of psychosurgery, 4-12 pre-frontal sonic sound treatment, or any other convulsive or 4-13 coma-producing therapy administered to treat mental illness. 4-14 SECTION 6. Sections 578.003, 578.004, 578.005, and 578.006, 4-15 Health and Safety Code, are repealed. 4-16 SECTION 7. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies 4-17 only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this 4-18 Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before 4-19 the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs 4-20 before that date. 4-21 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this 4-22 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, 4-23 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. 4-24 SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 4-25 SECTION 9. The importance of this legislation and the 4-26 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 4-27 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 5-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 5-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. |