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TX Health & Safety Code § 577.010 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 577 - Private Mental Hospitals and Other Mental Health Facilities|Subchapter A. General Provisions; Licensing and Penalties|Section 577.010. Rules and Standards

Sec. 577.010.  RULES AND STANDARDS.  (a)  The executive commissioner shall adopt rules and standards the executive commissioner considers necessary and appropriate to ensure the proper care and treatment of patients in a private mental hospital or mental health facility required to obtain a license under this chapter.(b)  The rules must encourage mental health facilities licensed under this chapter to provide inpatient mental health services in ways that are appropriate for the diversity of the state.(c)  The standards for community-based crisis stabilization and crisis residential services must be less restrictive than the standards for mental hospitals.(d)  The department shall send a copy of the rules to each mental hospital or mental health facility licensed under this chapter.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 573, Sec. 4.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1395, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 577.0101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 577 - Private Mental Hospitals and Other Mental Health Facilities|Subchapter A. General Provisions; Licensing and Penalties|Section 577.0101. Notification of Transfer or Referral

Sec. 577.0101.  NOTIFICATION OF TRANSFER OR REFERRAL.  (a)  The executive commissioner shall adopt rules governing the transfer or referral of a patient from a private mental hospital to an inpatient mental health facility.(b)  The rules must provide that before a private mental hospital may transfer or refer a patient, the hospital must:(1)  provide to the receiving inpatient mental health facility notice of the hospital's intent to transfer a patient;(2)  provide to the receiving inpatient mental health facility information relating to the patient's diagnosis and condition;  and(3)  obtain verification from the receiving inpatient mental health facility that the facility has the space, personnel, and services necessary to provide appropriate care to the patient.(c)  The rules must also require that the private mental hospital send the patient's appropriate records, or a copy of the records, if any, to the receiving inpatient mental health facility.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 705, Sec. 4.07, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1396, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 577.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 577 - Private Mental Hospitals and Other Mental Health Facilities|Subchapter A. General Provisions; Licensing and Penalties|Section 577.011. Records and Reports

Sec. 577.011.  RECORDS AND REPORTS.  The department may require a license holder to make annual, periodical, or special reports to the department and to keep the records the department considers necessary to ensure compliance with this subtitle and the department's rules and standards.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 577.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 577 - Private Mental Hospitals and Other Mental Health Facilities|Subchapter A. General Provisions; Licensing and Penalties|Section 577.012. Destruction of Records

Sec. 577.012.  DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS.  (a)  A private mental hospital licensed under this chapter may authorize the disposal of any medical record on or after the 10th anniversary of the date on which the patient who is the subject of the record was last treated in the hospital.(b)  If a patient was younger than 18 years of age when last treated, the hospital may authorize the disposal of records relating to the patient on or after the later of the patient's 20th birthday or the 10th anniversary of the date on which the patient was last treated.(c)  The hospital may not destroy medical records that relate to any matter that is involved in litigation if the hospital knows that the litigation has not been finally resolved.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 577.013 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 577 - Private Mental Hospitals and Other Mental Health Facilities|Subchapter A. General Provisions; Licensing and Penalties|Section 577.013. Investigations

Sec. 577.013.  INVESTIGATIONS.  (a)  The department may make investigations it considers necessary and proper to obtain compliance with this subtitle and the department's rules and standards.(b)  An agent of the department may at any reasonable time enter the premises of a private mental hospital or mental health facility licensed under this chapter to:(1)  inspect the facilities and conditions;(2)  observe the hospital's or facility's care and treatment program;  and(3)  question the employees of the hospital or facility.(c)  An agent of the department may examine or transcribe any records or documents relevant to the investigation.(d)  All information and materials obtained or compiled by the department in connection with a complaint and investigation concerning a mental hospital licensed under this chapter are confidential and not subject to disclosure, discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for their release to anyone other than the department or its employees or agents involved in the enforcement action except that this information may be disclosed to:(1)  persons involved with the department in the enforcement action against the licensed mental hospital;(2)  the licensed mental hospital that is the subject of the enforcement action, or the licensed mental hospital's authorized representative;(3)  appropriate state or federal agencies that are authorized to inspect, survey, or investigate licensed mental hospital services;(4)  law enforcement agencies;  and(5)  persons engaged in bona fide research, if all individual-identifying information and information identifying the licensed mental hospital has been deleted.(e)  The following information is subject to disclosure in accordance with Section 552.001 et seq., Government Code:(1)  a notice of alleged violation against the licensed mental hospital, which notice shall include the provisions of law which the licensed mental hospital is alleged to have violated, and the nature of the alleged violation;(2)  the pleadings in the administrative proceeding;  and(3)  a final decision or order by the department.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1444, Sec. 16, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 577.014 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 577 - Private Mental Hospitals and Other Mental Health Facilities|Subchapter A. General Provisions; Licensing and Penalties|Section 577.014. Oaths

Sec. 577.014.  OATHS.  The department or its agent may administer oaths, receive evidence, and examine witnesses in conducting an investigation or other proceeding under this chapter.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 577.015 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 577 - Private Mental Hospitals and Other Mental Health Facilities|Subchapter A. General Provisions; Licensing and Penalties|Section 577.015. Subpoenas

Sec. 577.015.  SUBPOENAS.  (a)  The department or its agent, in conducting an investigation or other proceeding under this chapter, may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documents or records anywhere in this state that are related to the matter under inquiry.(b)  If a person refuses to obey a subpoena, the department may apply to the district court of Travis County for an order requiring obedience to the subpoena.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 577.016 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 577 - Private Mental Hospitals and Other Mental Health Facilities|Subchapter A. General Provisions; Licensing and Penalties|Section 577.016. Denial, Suspension, Probation, or Revocation of License

Sec. 577.016.  DENIAL, SUSPENSION, PROBATION, OR REVOCATION OF LICENSE.  (a)  The department may deny, suspend, or revoke a license if the department finds that the applicant or licensee has substantially failed to comply with:(1)  department rules;(2)  this subtitle;  or(3)  Chapters 104 and 225.(b)  The department must give the applicant or license holder notice of the proposed action, an opportunity to demonstrate or achieve compliance, and an opportunity for a hearing before taking the action.(c)  The department may suspend a license for 10 days pending a hearing if after an investigation the department finds that there is an immediate threat to the health or safety of the patients or employees of a private mental hospital or mental health facility licensed under this chapter.  The department may issue necessary orders for the patients' welfare.(d)  The department shall send the license holder or applicant a copy of the department's decision by registered mail.  If the department denies, suspends, or revokes a license, the department shall include the findings and conclusions on which the department based its decision.(e)  A license holder whose license is suspended or revoked may not admit new patients until the license is reissued.(f)  If the department finds that a private mental hospital or mental health facility is in repeated noncompliance under Subsection (a) but that the noncompliance does not endanger public health and safety, the department may schedule the hospital or facility for probation rather than suspending or revoking the license of the hospital or facility.  The department shall provide notice to the hospital or facility of the probation and of the items of noncompliance not later than the 10th day before the date the probation period begins.  The department shall designate a period of not less than 30 days during which the hospital or facility will remain under probation.  During the probation period, the hospital or facility must correct the items that were in noncompliance and report the corrections to the department for approval.(g)  The department may suspend or revoke the license of a private mental hospital or mental health facility that does not comply with the applicable requirements within the applicable probation period.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 705, Sec. 3.12, eff. Sept. 1, 1993;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 802, Sec. 14, 15, eff. June 20, 2003.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 577.017 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 577 - Private Mental Hospitals and Other Mental Health Facilities|Subchapter A. General Provisions; Licensing and Penalties|Section 577.017. Hearings

Sec. 577.017.  HEARINGS.  (a)  The department's legal staff may participate in a hearing under this chapter.(b)  The hearing proceedings shall be recorded in a form that can be transcribed if notice of appeal is filed.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 577.018 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 577 - Private Mental Hospitals and Other Mental Health Facilities|Subchapter A. General Provisions; Licensing and Penalties|Section 577.018. Judicial Review of Department Decision

Sec. 577.018.  JUDICIAL REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT DECISION.  (a)  An applicant or license holder may appeal from a department decision by filing notice of appeal in the district court of Travis County and with the department not later than the 30th day after receiving a copy of the department's decision.(b)  The department shall certify and file with the court a transcript of the case proceedings on receiving notice of appeal.  The transcript may be limited by stipulation.(c)  The court shall hear the case on the record and may consider other evidence the court determines necessary to determine properly the issues involved.  The substantial evidence rule does not apply.(d)  The court may affirm or set aside the department decision or may remand the case to the department for further proceedings.(e)  The department shall pay the cost of the appeal unless the court affirms the department's decision, in which case the applicant or license holder shall pay the cost of the appeal.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 577.019 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 577 - Private Mental Hospitals and Other Mental Health Facilities|Subchapter A. General Provisions; Licensing and Penalties|Section 577.019. Injunction

Sec. 577.019.  INJUNCTION.  (a)  The department, in the name of the state, may maintain an action in a district court of Travis County or in the county in which the violation occurs for an injunction or other process against any person to restrain the person from operating a mental hospital or mental health facility that is not licensed as required by this chapter.(b)  The district court may grant any prohibitory or mandatory relief warranted by the facts, including a temporary restraining order, temporary injunction, or permanent injunction.(c)  At the request of the department or on the initiative of the attorney general or district or county attorney, the attorney general or the appropriate district or county attorney shall institute and conduct a suit authorized by this section in the name of the state.  The attorney general may recover reasonable expenses incurred in instituting and conducting a suit authorized by this section, including investigative costs, court costs, reasonable attorney fees, witness fees, and deposition expenses.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 705, Sec. 3.13, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 577A.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 577A - Psychiatric Residential Youth Treatment Facilities|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 577A.001. Definitions

Sec. 577A.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission.(2)  "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the commission.(3)  "Psychiatric residential youth treatment facility" means a private facility that provides psychiatric health treatments and services in a residential, nonhospital setting exclusively to individuals who are 21 years of age or younger and is licensed as a general residential operation under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code.  The term includes a facility that provides room and board.(4)  "Severe emotional disturbance" means a mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder of sufficient duration to result in functional impairment that substantially interferes with or limits an individual's role or ability to function in family, school, or community activities.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1032 (H.B. 3121), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 577A.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 577A - Psychiatric Residential Youth Treatment Facilities|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 577A.002. Exemptions

Sec. 577A.002.  EXEMPTIONS.  This chapter does not apply to:(1)  a mental hospital; or(2)  a private mental hospital or other mental health facility licensed under Chapter 577.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1032 (H.B. 3121), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 577A.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 577A - Psychiatric Residential Youth Treatment Facilities|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 577A.003. Licensing and Other Requirements Not Affected

Sec. 577A.003.  LICENSING AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS NOT AFFECTED.  This chapter does not affect any licensing or other requirements of or create a separate license for a psychiatric residential youth treatment facility under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1032 (H.B. 3121), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 577A.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 577A - Psychiatric Residential Youth Treatment Facilities|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 577A.004. Rules

Sec. 577A.004.  RULES.  The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1032 (H.B. 3121), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 577A.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 577A - Psychiatric Residential Youth Treatment Facilities|Subchapter B. Certification, Fees, and Inspections|Section 577A.051. Voluntary Quality Standards Certification

Sec. 577A.051.  VOLUNTARY QUALITY STANDARDS CERTIFICATION.  The commission shall, using existing resources to the extent feasible, develop and implement a voluntary quality standards certification process to certify a psychiatric residential youth treatment facility that meets standards for certification under this chapter.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1032 (H.B. 3121), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 577A.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 577A - Psychiatric Residential Youth Treatment Facilities|Subchapter B. Certification, Fees, and Inspections|Section 577A.052. Certificate Application

Sec. 577A.052.  CERTIFICATE APPLICATION.  (a)  To obtain a certificate under this chapter, an applicant must submit to the commission an application in the form and manner prescribed by the commission.(b)  Each application must be accompanied by a fee established by the executive commissioner under Section 577A.053.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1032 (H.B. 3121), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 577A.053 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 577A - Psychiatric Residential Youth Treatment Facilities|Subchapter B. Certification, Fees, and Inspections|Section 577A.053. Fees

Sec. 577A.053.  FEES.  The executive commissioner by rule shall establish a nonrefundable certificate application fee and a nonrefundable certificate renewal fee in amounts necessary to cover the costs of administering this chapter.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1032 (H.B. 3121), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 577A.054 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 577A - Psychiatric Residential Youth Treatment Facilities|Subchapter B. Certification, Fees, and Inspections|Section 577A.054. Issuance and Renewal of Certificate

Sec. 577A.054.  ISSUANCE AND RENEWAL OF CERTIFICATE.  (a)  The commission shall issue a certificate to an applicant if on inspection and investigation the commission determines the applicant meets the requirements of this chapter and commission rules.  The commission may not issue to an applicant a certificate under this chapter unless the applicant is licensed as a general residential operation under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code.(b)  A certificate issued under this chapter expires on the second anniversary of the date the certificate is issued or renewed.(c)  The commission shall renew a certificate if:(1)  the certificate holder submits to the commission a fee established by the executive commissioner under Section 577A.053; and(2)  on inspection and investigation the commission determines the certificate holder meets the requirements of this chapter and commission rules.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1032 (H.B. 3121), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 577A.055 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 577A - Psychiatric Residential Youth Treatment Facilities|Subchapter B. Certification, Fees, and Inspections|Section 577A.055. Inspections

Sec. 577A.055.  INSPECTIONS.  In addition to the inspections required under Section 577A.054, the commission shall conduct an inspection not later than the first anniversary of the date a certificate is issued or renewed to ensure the certificate holder remains in compliance with the requirements of this chapter and commission rules.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1032 (H.B. 3121), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 577A.101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code|Chapter 577A - Psychiatric Residential Youth Treatment Facilities|Subchapter C. Regulation of Certified Psychiatric Residential Youth Treatment Facilities|Section 577A.101. Minimum Standards

Sec. 577A.101.  MINIMUM STANDARDS.  The executive commissioner by rule shall establish minimum standards for the certification of psychiatric residential youth treatment facilities under this chapter.  The minimum standards must require a facility to:(1)  obtain accreditation by The Joint Commission, the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, the Council on Accreditation, or another accrediting organization approved by the commission; and(2)  provide and prescribe guidelines for the provision of the following activities, treatments, and services:(A)  development and implementation of individual plans of care, including the provision of services provided by a licensed psychiatrist or physician to develop individual plans of care;(B)  individual therapy;(C)  family engagement activities;(D)  consultation services with qualified professionals, including case managers, primary care professionals, community-based mental health providers, school staff, and other support planners;(E)  24-hour nursing services; and(F)  direct care and supervision services, supportive services for daily living and safety, and positive behavior management services.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1032 (H.B. 3121), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.|