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TX Health & Safety Code § 534.059 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle A - Services for Persons With Mental Illness or an Intellectual Disability|Chapter 534 - Community Services|Subchapter B. Community-Based Mental Health Services|Section 534.059. Contract Compliance for Local Authorities

Sec. 534.059.  CONTRACT COMPLIANCE FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES.  (a)  The department shall evaluate a local mental health authority's compliance with its contract to ensure the provision of specific services to priority populations.(b)  If, by a date set by the commissioner, a local mental health authority fails to comply with its contract to ensure the provision of services to the satisfaction of the commissioner, the department may impose a sanction as provided by the applicable contract rule until the dispute is resolved.  The department shall notify the authority in writing of the department's decision to impose a sanction.(c)  A local mental health authority may appeal the department's decision to impose a sanction on the authority.  The executive commissioner by rule shall prescribe the appeal procedure.(d)  The filing of a notice of appeal stays the imposition of the department's decision to impose a sanction except when an act or omission by a local mental health authority is endangering or may endanger the life, health, welfare, or safety of a person.(e)  While an appeal under this section is pending, the department may limit general revenue allocations to a local mental health authority to monthly distributions.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 107, Sec. 6.35, eff. Aug. 30, 1993;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1209, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 534.060 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle A - Services for Persons With Mental Illness or an Intellectual Disability|Chapter 534 - Community Services|Subchapter B. Community-Based Mental Health Services|Section 534.060. Program and Service Monitoring and Review of Local Authorities

Sec. 534.060.  PROGRAM AND SERVICE MONITORING AND REVIEW OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES.  (a)  The department shall develop mechanisms for monitoring the services provided by a local mental health authority.(b)  The department shall review the program quality and program performance results of a local mental health authority in accordance with a risk assessment and evaluation system appropriate to the authority's contract requirements.  The department may determine the scope of the review.(c)  A contract between a local mental health authority and the department must authorize the department to have unrestricted access to all facilities, records, data, and other information under the control of the authority as necessary to enable the department to audit, monitor, and review the financial and program activities and services associated with department funds.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 107, Sec. 6.36, eff. Aug. 30, 1993;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 869, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1209, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 534.0601 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle A - Services for Persons With Mental Illness or an Intellectual Disability|Chapter 534 - Community Services|Subchapter B. Community-Based Mental Health Services|Section 534.0601. Coordinated Program Audits of Local Authorities

Sec. 534.0601.  COORDINATED PROGRAM AUDITS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES.  (a)  The executive commissioner shall coordinate with each agency or department of the state that contracts with a local mental health authority to prescribe procedures for a coordinated program audit of the authority.  The procedures must be:(1)  consistent with the requirements for the receipt of federal funding by the authority; and(2)  based on risk assessment.(b)  A program audit must evaluate:(1)  the extent to which a local mental health authority is achieving the results or benefits established by an agency or department of the state or by the legislature;(2)  the effectiveness of the authority's organization, program, activities, or functions; and(3)  the authority's compliance with law.(c)  A program audit of a local mental health authority must be performed in accordance with the procedures prescribed under this section.(d)  The department may not implement a procedure for a program audit under this section without the approval of the executive commissioner.(e)  This section does not prohibit an agency, department, or other entity providing funding to a local mental health authority from investigating a complaint against the authority or performing additional contract monitoring of the authority.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1209, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 534.0602 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle A - Services for Persons With Mental Illness or an Intellectual Disability|Chapter 534 - Community Services|Subchapter B. Community-Based Mental Health Services|Section 534.0602. Financial Audits of Local Authorities

Sec. 534.0602.  FINANCIAL AUDITS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES.  (a)  The executive commissioner shall prescribe procedures for a financial audit of a local mental health authority.  The procedures must be consistent with requirements for the receipt of federal funding by the authority.(b)  The executive commissioner shall develop the procedures with the assistance of each agency or department of the state that contracts with a local mental health authority.  The executive commissioner  shall incorporate each agency's or department's financial or compliance requirements for an authority into a single audit that meets the requirements of Section 534.068.(c)  Before prescribing or amending a procedure under this section, the executive commissioner must set a deadline for agencies and departments of the state that contract with local mental health authorities to submit proposals relating to the procedure.(d)  An agency or department of the state that contracts with a local mental health authority must comply with a procedure developed under this section.(e)  The department may not implement a procedure under this section without the approval of the executive commissioner.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1209, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 534.0603 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle A - Services for Persons With Mental Illness or an Intellectual Disability|Chapter 534 - Community Services|Subchapter B. Community-Based Mental Health Services|Section 534.0603. Additional Financial Audit Activity

Sec. 534.0603.  ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL AUDIT ACTIVITY.  (a)  The executive commissioner shall develop protocols for an agency or department of the state to conduct additional financial audit activities of a local mental health authority.(b)  An agency or department of the state may not conduct additional financial audit activities relating to a local mental health authority without the approval of the executive commissioner.(c)  This section, and a protocol developed under this section, do not apply to an audit conducted under Chapter 321, Government Code.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1209, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 534.061 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle A - Services for Persons With Mental Illness or an Intellectual Disability|Chapter 534 - Community Services|Subchapter B. Community-Based Mental Health Services|Section 534.061. Program and Service Monitoring and Review of Certain Community Services

Sec. 534.061.  PROGRAM AND SERVICE MONITORING AND REVIEW OF CERTAIN COMMUNITY SERVICES.  (a)   The local mental health authority shall monitor the services of a provider who contracts with the authority to provide services for persons with mental illness to ensure that the provider is delivering the services in a manner consistent with the provider's contract.(b)  Each provider contract involving the use of state funds or funds for which the state has oversight responsibility must authorize the local mental health authority or the authority's designee and the department or the department's designee to have unrestricted access to all facilities, records, data, and other information under the control of the provider as necessary to enable the department to audit, monitor, and review the financial and program activities and services associated with the contract.(c)  The department may withdraw funding from a local mental health authority that fails to cancel a contract with a provider involving the use of state funds or funds for which the state has oversight responsibility if:(1)  the provider is not fulfilling its contractual obligations; and(2)  the authority has not taken appropriate action to remedy the problem in accordance with department rules.(d)  The executive commissioner by rule shall prescribe procedures a local mental health authority must follow in remedying a problem with a provider.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1209, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 534.063 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle A - Services for Persons With Mental Illness or an Intellectual Disability|Chapter 534 - Community Services|Subchapter B. Community-Based Mental Health Services|Section 534.063. Peer Review Organization

Sec. 534.063.  PEER REVIEW ORGANIZATION.  The department shall assist a local mental health authority in developing a peer review organization to provide self-assessment of programs and to supplement department reviews under Section 534.060.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 107, Sec. 6.37, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 534.064 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle A - Services for Persons With Mental Illness or an Intellectual Disability|Chapter 534 - Community Services|Subchapter B. Community-Based Mental Health Services|Section 534.064. Contract Renewal

Sec. 534.064.  CONTRACT RENEWAL.  The executive commissioner may refuse to renew a contract with a local mental health authority and may select other agencies, entities, or organizations to be the local mental health authority if the department's evaluation of the authority's performance under Section 534.059 indicates that the authority cannot ensure the availability of the specific services to priority populations required by the department and this subtitle.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 107, Sec. 6.38, eff. Aug. 30, 1993;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 534.065 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle A - Services for Persons With Mental Illness or an Intellectual Disability|Chapter 534 - Community Services|Subchapter B. Community-Based Mental Health Services|Section 534.065. Renewal of Certain Contracts for Community Services

Sec. 534.065.  RENEWAL OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES.  (a)  A local mental health authority shall review a contract scheduled for renewal that:(1)  is between the authority and a private provider;(2)  is for the provision of mental health services at the community level, including residential services; and(3)  involves the use of state funds or funds for which the state has oversight responsibility.(b)  The local mental health authority may renew the contract only if the contract meets the criteria provided by Section 533.016.(c)  The local mental health authority and private provider shall negotiate a contract renewal at arm's length and in good faith.(d)  This section applies to a contract renewal regardless of the date on which the original contract was initially executed.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1187, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 534.066 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle A - Services for Persons With Mental Illness or an Intellectual Disability|Chapter 534 - Community Services|Subchapter B. Community-Based Mental Health Services|Section 534.066. Local Match Requirement

Sec. 534.066.  LOCAL MATCH REQUIREMENT.  (a)  The department shall include in a contract with a local mental health authority a requirement that some or all of the state funds the authority receives be matched by local support in an amount or proportion jointly agreed to by the department and the authority's board of trustees and based on the authority's financial capability and its overall commitment to other mental health programs, as appropriate.(b)   Patient fee income, third-party insurance income, services and facilities contributed by the local mental health authority, contributions by a county or municipality, and other locally generated contributions, including local tax funds, may be counted when calculating the local support for a local mental health authority. The department may disallow or reduce the value of services claimed as support.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 107, Sec. 6.38, eff. Aug. 30, 1993;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 534.067 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle A - Services for Persons With Mental Illness or an Intellectual Disability|Chapter 534 - Community Services|Subchapter B. Community-Based Mental Health Services|Section 534.067. Fee Collection Policy

Sec. 534.067.  FEE COLLECTION POLICY.  The executive commissioner shall establish a uniform fee collection policy for all local mental health authorities that is equitable, provides for collections, and maximizes contributions to local revenue.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 107, Sec. 6.38, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 534.0675 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle A - Services for Persons With Mental Illness or an Intellectual Disability|Chapter 534 - Community Services|Subchapter B. Community-Based Mental Health Services|Section 534.0675. Notice of Denial, Reduction, or Termination of Services

Sec. 534.0675.  NOTICE OF DENIAL, REDUCTION, OR TERMINATION OF SERVICES.  The executive commissioner by rule, in cooperation with local mental health authorities, consumers, consumer advocates, and service providers, shall establish a uniform procedure that each local mental health authority shall use to notify consumers in writing of the denial, involuntary reduction, or termination of services and of the right to appeal those decisions.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 107, Sec. 6.38, eff. Aug. 30, 1993;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 646, Sec. 11, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 534.068 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle A - Services for Persons With Mental Illness or an Intellectual Disability|Chapter 534 - Community Services|Subchapter B. Community-Based Mental Health Services|Section 534.068. Audits

Sec. 534.068.  AUDITS.  (a)  As a condition to receiving funds under this subtitle, a local mental health authority other than a state facility designated as an authority must annually submit to the department a financial and compliance audit prepared by a certified public accountant or public accountant licensed by the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy.  To ensure the highest degree of independence and quality, the local mental health authority shall use an invitation-for-proposal process as prescribed by the executive commissioner to select the auditor.(a-1)  The audit required under Subsection (a) may be published electronically on the local mental health authority's Internet website.  An authority that electronically publishes an audit under this subsection shall notify the department that the audit is available on the authority's Internet website on or before the date the audit is due.(b)  The audit must meet the minimum requirements as shall be, and be in the form and in the number of copies as may be, prescribed by the executive commissioner, subject to review and comment by the state auditor.(c)  The local mental health authority shall file the required number of copies of the audit report with the department by the date prescribed by the executive commissioner.  From the copies filed with the department, copies of the report shall be submitted to the governor and Legislative Budget Board.(d)  The local mental health authority shall either approve or refuse to approve the audit report.  If the authority refuses to approve the report, the authority shall include with the department's copies a statement detailing the reasons for refusal.(e)  The commissioner and state auditor have access to all vouchers, receipts, journals, or other records the commissioner or auditor considers necessary to review and analyze the audit report.(f)  The department shall annually submit to the governor and Legislative Audit Committee a summary of the significant findings identified during the department's reviews of fiscal audit activities.(g)  The report required under Subsection (f) may be published electronically on the department's Internet website.  The department shall notify each entity entitled to receive a copy of the report that the report is available on the department's Internet website on or before the date the report is due.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 107, Sec. 6.39, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1312 (S.B. 59), Sec. 68, eff. September 1, 2013.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 856 (S.B. 800), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 534.069 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle A - Services for Persons With Mental Illness or an Intellectual Disability|Chapter 534 - Community Services|Subchapter B. Community-Based Mental Health Services|Section 534.069. Criteria for Providing Funds for Start-Up Costs

Sec. 534.069.  CRITERIA FOR PROVIDING FUNDS FOR START-UP COSTS.  (a)  The executive commissioner by rule shall develop criteria to regulate the provision of payment to a private provider for start-up costs associated with the development of residential and other community services for persons with mental illness.(b)  The criteria shall provide that start-up funds be awarded only as a last resort and shall include provisions relating to:(1)  the purposes for which start-up funds may be used;(2)  the ownership of capital property and equipment obtained by the use of start-up funds; and(3)  the obligation of the private provider to repay the start-up funds awarded by the department by direct repayment or by providing services for a period agreed to by the parties.|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. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 534.070 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle A - Services for Persons With Mental Illness or an Intellectual Disability|Chapter 534 - Community Services|Subchapter B. Community-Based Mental Health Services|Section 534.070. Use of Prospective Payment Funds

Sec. 534.070.  USE OF PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT FUNDS.  (a)  Each local mental health authority that receives prospective payment funds shall submit to the department a quarterly report that clearly identifies how the provider or program used the funds during the preceding fiscal quarter.(b)  The executive commissioner by rule shall prescribe the form of the report, the specific information that must be included in the report, and the deadlines for submitting the report.(c)  The department may not provide prospective payment funds to a local mental health authority that fails to submit the quarterly reports required by this section.(d)  In this section, "prospective payment funds" means money the department prospectively provides to a local mental health authority to provide community services to certain persons with mental illness.|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. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 534.071 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle A - Services for Persons With Mental Illness or an Intellectual Disability|Chapter 534 - Community Services|Subchapter B. Community-Based Mental Health Services|Section 534.071. Advisory Committee

Sec. 534.071.  ADVISORY COMMITTEE.  A local mental health authority may appoint a committee to advise its governing board on a matter relating to the oversight and provision of mental health services.  The appointment of a committee does not relieve the authority's governing board of a responsibility prescribed by this subtitle.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1209, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 534.101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability|Subtitle A - Services for Persons With Mental Illness or an Intellectual Disability|Chapter 534 - Community Services|Subchapter B. -1. Community-Based Intellectual Disability Services|Section 534.101. Definitions

Sec. 534.101.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:(1)  "Commissioner" means the commissioner of aging and disability services.(2)  "Department" means the Department of Aging and Disability Services.(3)  "Department facility" means a state supported living center, including the ICF-IID component of the Rio Grande State Center.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 835, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1229, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 10A.530, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.|