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TX Health & Safety Code § 551.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle B - State Facilities|Chapter 551 - General Provisions|Subchapter A. General Powers and Duties Relating to State Facilities|Section 551.008. Regional Laundry Centers

Sec. 551.008.  REGIONAL LAUNDRY CENTERS.  A regional laundry center operated by the commission to provide laundry services to department facilities may contract with federal agencies, other state agencies, or local political subdivisions to provide or receive laundry services.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 111 (S.B. 1234), Sec. 1, eff. May 22, 2019.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 551.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle B - State Facilities|Chapter 551 - General Provisions|Subchapter A. General Powers and Duties Relating to State Facilities|Section 551.009. Hill Country Local Mental Health Authority Crisis Stabilization Unit

Sec. 551.009.  HILL COUNTRY LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT.  (a)  In this section, "department" means the Department of State Health Services.(a-1)  The department shall contract with the local mental health authority serving the Hill Country area, including Kerr County, to operate a crisis stabilization unit on the grounds of the Kerrville State Hospital as provided by this section.  The unit must be a 16-bed facility separate from the buildings used by the Kerrville State Hospital.(b)  The department shall include provisions in the contract requiring the local mental health authority to ensure that the crisis stabilization unit provides short-term residential treatment, including medical and nursing services, designed to reduce a patient's acute symptoms of mental illness and prevent a patient's admission to an inpatient mental health facility.(c)  The local mental health authority shall contract with Kerrville State Hospital to provide food service, laundry service, and lawn care to the local mental health authority operating a crisis stabilization unit on the grounds of the Kerrville State Hospital as provided by this section.(d)  The crisis stabilization unit may not be used to provide care to:(1)  children; or(2)  adults committed to or court ordered to a department facility as provided by Chapter 46C, Code of Criminal Procedure.(e)  The local mental health authority operating the crisis stabilization unit under contract shall use, for the purpose of operating the 16-bed unit, the money appropriated to the department for operating 16 beds in state hospitals that is allocated to the local mental health authority.  The department shall ensure that the local mental health authority retains the remainder of the local authority's state hospital allocation that is not used for operating the 16-bed unit.  The department may allocate additional funds appropriated to the department for state hospitals to the crisis stabilization unit.(f)  The department shall reduce the number of beds the department operates in the state hospital system by 16.  The department, in collaboration with the local mental health authority, shall ensure that the 16 beds in the crisis stabilization unit are made available to other mental health authorities for use as designated by the department.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1188 (H.B. 654), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 83 (S.B. 1054), Sec. 2, eff. May 20, 2009.Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 83 (S.B. 1054), Sec. 3, eff. May 20, 2009.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1337, eff. April 2, 2015.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 111 (S.B. 1234), Sec. 2, eff. May 22, 2019.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 551.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle B - State Facilities|Chapter 551 - General Provisions|Subchapter B. Provisions Applicable to Facility Superintendent or Director|Section 551.022. Powers and Duties of Superintendent

Sec. 551.022.  POWERS AND DUTIES OF SUPERINTENDENT.  (a)  The superintendent of a department facility for persons with mental illness is the administrative head of that facility.(b)  The superintendent has the custody of and responsibility to care for the buildings, grounds, furniture, and other property relating to the facility.(c)  The superintendent shall:(1)  oversee the admission and discharge of patients;(2)  keep a register of all patients admitted to or discharged from the facility;(3)  supervise repairs and improvements to the facility;(4)  ensure that facility money is spent judiciously and economically;(5)  keep an accurate and detailed account of all money received and spent, stating the source of the money and to whom and the purpose for which the money is spent; and(6)  keep a full record of the facility's operations.(d)  In accordance with department rules and departmental operating procedures, the superintendent may:(1)  establish policy to govern the facility that the superintendent considers will best promote the patients' interest and welfare;(2)  appoint subordinate officers, teachers, and other employees and set their salaries, in the absence of other law; and(3)  remove an officer, teacher, or employee for good cause.(e)  This section does not apply to a state supported living center or the director of a state supported living center.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 17, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 284 (S.B. 643), Sec. 20, eff. June 11, 2009.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1337, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 551.0225 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle B - State Facilities|Chapter 551 - General Provisions|Subchapter B. Provisions Applicable to Facility Superintendent or Director|Section 551.0225. Powers and Duties of State Supported Living Center Director

Sec. 551.0225.  POWERS AND DUTIES OF STATE SUPPORTED LIVING CENTER DIRECTOR.  (a)  The director of a state supported living center is the administrative head of the center.(b)  The director of a state supported living center has the custody of and responsibility to care for the buildings, grounds, furniture, and other property relating to the center.(c)  The director of a state supported living center shall:(1)  oversee the admission and discharge of residents and clients;(2)  keep a register of all residents and clients admitted to or discharged from the center;(3)  ensure that the civil rights of residents and clients of the center are protected;(4)  ensure the health, safety, and general welfare of residents and clients of the center;(5)  supervise repairs and improvements to the center;(6)  ensure that center money is spent judiciously and economically;(7)  keep an accurate and detailed account of all money received and spent, stating the source of the money and on whom and the purpose for which the money is spent;(8)  keep a full record of the center's operations;(9)  monitor the arrival and departure of individuals to and from the center as appropriate to ensure the safety of residents; and(10)  ensure that residents' family members and legally authorized representatives are notified of serious events that may indicate problems in the care or treatment of residents.(d)  In accordance with department rules and operating procedures, the director of a state supported living center may:(1)  establish policy to govern the center that the director considers will best promote the residents' interest and welfare;(2)  hire subordinate officers, teachers, and other employees and set their salaries, in the absence of other law; and(3)  dismiss a subordinate officer, teacher, or employee for good cause.(e)  The Department of Aging and Disability Services shall, with input from residents of a state supported living center, and the family members and legally authorized representatives of those residents, develop a policy that defines "serious event" for purposes of Subsection (c)(10).|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 284 (S.B. 643), Sec. 21, eff. June 11, 2009.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1337, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 551.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle B - State Facilities|Chapter 551 - General Provisions|Subchapter B. Provisions Applicable to Facility Superintendent or Director|Section 551.024. Superintendent's or Director's Duty to Admit Commissioner and Executive Commissioner

Sec. 551.024.  SUPERINTENDENT'S OR DIRECTOR'S DUTY TO ADMIT COMMISSIONER AND EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER.  (a)  The superintendent or director shall admit into every part of the department facility the commissioner of that department and the executive commissioner.(b)  The superintendent or director shall on request show any book, paper, or account relating to the department facility's business, management, discipline, or government to the commissioner of that department or the executive commissioner.(c)  The superintendent or director shall give to the commissioner of that department or the executive commissioner any requested copy, abstract, or report.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1337, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 551.025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle B - State Facilities|Chapter 551 - General Provisions|Subchapter B. Provisions Applicable to Facility Superintendent or Director|Section 551.025. Duty to Report Missing Patient or Client

Sec. 551.025.  DUTY TO REPORT MISSING PATIENT OR CLIENT.  If a person receiving inpatient intellectual disability services or court-ordered inpatient mental health services leaves a department facility without notifying the facility or without the facility's consent, the facility director or superintendent shall immediately report the person as a missing person to an appropriate law enforcement agency in the area in which the facility is located.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1337, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 551.026 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle B - State Facilities|Chapter 551 - General Provisions|Subchapter B. Provisions Applicable to Facility Superintendent or Director|Section 551.026. Person Performing Business Manager Function

Sec. 551.026.  PERSON PERFORMING BUSINESS MANAGER FUNCTION.  (a)  The person performing the function of business manager of a department facility is the chief disbursing officer of the department facility.(b)  The person performing the function of business manager of a department facility is directly responsible to the superintendent or director.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1337, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 551.041 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle B - State Facilities|Chapter 551 - General Provisions|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties Relating to Patient or Client Care|Section 551.041. Medical and Dental Treatment

Sec. 551.041.  MEDICAL AND DENTAL TREATMENT.  (a)  Each department shall provide or perform recognized medical and dental treatment or services to a person admitted or committed to that department's care.  Each department may perform this duty through an authorized agent.(b)  Each department may contract for the support, maintenance, care, or medical or dental treatment or service with a municipal, county, or state hospital, a private physician, a licensed nursing facility or hospital, or a hospital district.  The authority to contract provided by this subsection is in addition to other contractual authority granted to the department.  A contract entered into under this subsection may not assign a lien accruing to this state.(c)  If a department requests consent to perform medical or dental treatment or services from a person or the guardian of the person whose consent is considered necessary and a reply is not obtained immediately, or if there is no guardian or responsible relative of the person to whom a request can be made, the superintendent or director of a department facility shall order:(1)  medical treatment or services for the person on the advice and consent of three primary care providers, at least two of whom are physicians licensed by the Texas Medical Board; or(2)  dental treatment or services for the person on the advice and consent of two dentists licensed by the State Board of Dental Examiners and of one physician licensed by the Texas Medical Board.(d)  This section does not authorize the performance of an operation involving sexual sterilization or a frontal lobotomy.(e)  For purposes of this section, "primary care provider" means a health care professional who provides health care services to a defined population of residents.  The term includes a physician licensed by the Texas Medical Board, an advanced practice registered nurse licensed by the Texas Board of Nursing, and a physician assistant licensed by the Texas Physician Assistant Board.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1337, eff. April 2, 2015.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 437 (S.B. 1565), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 551.042 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle B - State Facilities|Chapter 551 - General Provisions|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties Relating to Patient or Client Care|Section 551.042. Outpatient Clinics

Sec. 551.042.  OUTPATIENT CLINICS.  (a)  If funds are available, the Department of State Health Services may establish in locations the department considers necessary outpatient clinics to treat persons with mental illness.(b)  As necessary to establish and operate the clinics:(1)  the department may:(A)  acquire facilities;(B)  hire personnel; and(C)  contract with persons, corporations, and local, state, and federal agencies; and(2)  the executive commissioner may adopt rules.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1337, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 551.044 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle B - State Facilities|Chapter 551 - General Provisions|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties Relating to Patient or Client Care|Section 551.044. Occupational Therapy Programs

Sec. 551.044.  OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PROGRAMS.  (a)  Each department may provide equipment, materials, and merchandise for occupational therapy programs at department facilities.(b)  The superintendent or director of a department facility may, in accordance with rules of that department, contract for the provision of equipment, materials, and merchandise for occupational therapy programs.  If the contractor retains the finished or semi-finished product, the contract shall provide for a fair and reasonable rental payment to the applicable department by the contractor for the use of facility premises or equipment.  The rental payment is determined by the amount of time the facility premises or equipment is used in making the products.(c)  The finished products made in an occupational therapy program may be sold and the proceeds placed in the patients' or clients' benefit fund, the patients' or clients' trust fund, or a revolving fund for use by the patients or clients.  A patient or client may keep the finished product if the patient or client purchases the material for the product from the state.(d)  Each department may accept donations of money or materials for use in occupational therapy programs and may use a donation in the manner requested by the donor if not contrary to the policy of that department.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1337, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 552.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle B - State Facilities|Chapter 552 - State Hospitals|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 552.001. Hospital Districts

Sec. 552.001.  HOSPITAL DISTRICTS.  (a)  The department shall divide the state into hospital districts.(b)  The department may change the districts.(c)  The department shall designate the state hospitals to which persons with mental illness from each district shall be admitted.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 552.0011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle B - State Facilities|Chapter 552 - State Hospitals|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 552.0011. Definitions

Sec. 552.0011.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(104), eff. April 2, 2015.(2)  "Department" means the Department of State Health Services.(3)  "Direct care employee" means a state hospital employee who provides direct delivery of services to a patient.(4)  "Direct supervision" means supervision of the employee by the employee's supervisor with the supervisor physically present and providing the employee with direction and assistance while the employee performs his or her duties.(5)  Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(104), eff. April 2, 2015.(6)  "Inspector general" means the Health and Human Services Commission's office of inspector general.(7)  "Patient" means an individual who is receiving voluntary or involuntary mental health services at a state hospital.(8)  "State hospital" means a hospital operated by the department primarily to provide inpatient care and treatment for persons with mental illness.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 395 (S.B. 152), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2013.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1639(104), eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 552.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle B - State Facilities|Chapter 552 - State Hospitals|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 552.002. Carrying of Handgun by License Holder in State Hospital

Sec. 552.002.  CARRYING OF HANDGUN BY LICENSE HOLDER IN STATE HOSPITAL.  (a)  In this section:(1)  "License holder" has the meaning assigned by Section 46.03, Penal Code.(2)  "State hospital" means the following facilities:(A)  the Austin State Hospital;(B)  the Big Spring State Hospital;(C)  the El Paso Psychiatric Center;(D)  the Kerrville State Hospital;(E)  the North Texas State Hospital;(F)  the Rio Grande State Center;(G)  the Rusk State Hospital;(H)  the San Antonio State Hospital;(I)  the Terrell State Hospital; and(J)  the Waco Center for Youth.(3)  "Written notice" means a sign that is posted on property and that:(A)  includes in both English and Spanish written language identical to the following: "Pursuant to Section 552.002, Health and Safety Code (carrying of handgun by license holder in state hospital), a person licensed under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code (handgun licensing law), may not enter this property with a handgun";(B)  appears in contrasting colors with block letters at least one inch in height; and(C)  is displayed in a conspicuous manner clearly visible to the public at each entrance to the property.(b)  A state hospital may prohibit a license holder from carrying a handgun under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, on the property of the hospital by providing written notice.(c)  A license holder who carries a handgun under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, on the property of a state hospital at which written notice is provided is liable for a civil penalty in the amount of:(1)  $100 for the first violation; or(2)  $500 for the second or subsequent violation.(d)  The attorney general or an appropriate prosecuting attorney may sue to collect a civil penalty under this section.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1143 (H.B. 435), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2017.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 809 (H.B. 1927), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 552.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle B - State Facilities|Chapter 552 - State Hospitals|Subchapter B. Indigent and Nonindigent Patients|Section 552.012. Classification and Definition of Patients

Sec. 552.012.  CLASSIFICATION AND DEFINITION OF PATIENTS.  (a)  A patient is classified as either indigent or nonindigent.(b)  An indigent patient is a patient who:(1)  possesses no property;(2)  has no person legally responsible for the patient's support;  and(3)  is unable to reimburse the state for the costs of the patient's support, maintenance, and treatment.(c)  A nonindigent patient is a patient who:(1)  possesses property from which the state may be reimbursed for the costs of the patient's support, maintenance, and treatment;  or(2)  has a person legally responsible for the patient's support.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 552.013 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle B - State Facilities|Chapter 552 - State Hospitals|Subchapter B. Indigent and Nonindigent Patients|Section 552.013. Support of Indigent and Nonindigent Patients

Sec. 552.013.  SUPPORT OF INDIGENT AND NONINDIGENT PATIENTS.  (a)  A person may not be denied services under this subtitle because of an inability to pay for the services.(b)  The state shall support, maintain, and treat indigent and nonindigent patients at the expense of the state.(c)  The state is entitled to reimbursement for the support, maintenance, and treatment of a nonindigent patient.(d)  A patient who does not own a sufficient estate shall be maintained at the expense:(1)  of the patient's spouse, if able to do so;  or(2)  if the patient is younger than 18 years of age, of the patient's father or mother, if able to do so.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|