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TX Health & Safety Code § 534.116 (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 534.116. Contract Renewal

Sec. 534.116.  CONTRACT RENEWAL.  The executive commissioner may refuse to renew a contract with a local intellectual and developmental disability authority and may select other agencies, entities, or organizations to be the local intellectual and developmental disability authority if the department's evaluation of the authority's performance under Section 534.109 indicates that the authority cannot ensure the availability of the specific services to priority populations required by the department and this subtitle.|Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 534.117 (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 534.117. Renewal of Certain Contracts for Community Services

Sec. 534.117.  RENEWAL OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES.  (a)  A local intellectual and developmental disability authority shall review a contract scheduled for renewal that:(1)  is between the authority and a private provider;(2)  is for the provision of intellectual disability 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 intellectual and developmental disability authority may renew the contract only if the contract meets the criteria provided by Section 533A.016.(c)  The local intellectual and developmental disability 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.|Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 534.118 (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 534.118. Local Match Requirement

Sec. 534.118.  LOCAL MATCH REQUIREMENT.  (a)  The department shall include in a contract with a local intellectual and developmental disability 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 intellectual disability programs, as appropriate.(b)  Client fee income, third-party insurance income, services and facilities contributed by the local intellectual and developmental disability 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 intellectual and developmental disability authority.  The department may disallow or reduce the value of services claimed as support.|Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 534.119 (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 534.119. Fee Collection Policy

Sec. 534.119.  FEE COLLECTION POLICY.  The executive commissioner shall establish a uniform fee collection policy for all local intellectual and developmental disability authorities that is equitable, provides for collections, and maximizes contributions to local revenue.|Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 534.120 (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 534.120. Notice of Denial, Reduction, or Termination of Services

Sec. 534.120.  NOTICE OF DENIAL, REDUCTION, OR TERMINATION OF SERVICES.  The executive commissioner by rule, in cooperation with local intellectual and developmental disability  authorities, consumers, consumer advocates, and service providers, shall establish a uniform procedure that each local intellectual and developmental disability 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.|Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 534.121 (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 534.121. Audits

Sec. 534.121.  AUDITS.  (a)  As a condition to receiving funds under this subtitle, a local intellectual and developmental disability 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 intellectual and developmental disability 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 intellectual and developmental disability 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 intellectual and developmental disability 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 intellectual and developmental disability 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, Legislative Budget Board, 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.|Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 534.122 (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 534.122. Criteria for Providing Funds for Start-Up Costs

Sec. 534.122.  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 an intellectual disability.(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.|Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 534.123 (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 534.123. Use of Prospective Payment Funds

Sec. 534.123.  USE OF PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT FUNDS.  (a)  Each local intellectual and developmental disability 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 intellectual and developmental disability 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 intellectual and developmental disability authority to provide community services to certain persons with an intellectual disability.|Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 534.124 (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 534.124. Advisory Committee

Sec. 534.124.  ADVISORY COMMITTEE.  A local intellectual and developmental disability authority may appoint a committee to advise its governing board on a matter relating to the oversight and provision of intellectual disability services.  The appointment of a committee does not relieve the authority's governing board of a responsibility prescribed by this subtitle.|Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 534.152 (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 C. Health Maintenance Organizations|Section 534.152. Laws and Rules

Sec. 534.152.  LAWS AND RULES.  A nonprofit corporation created or operated under this subchapter that obtains and holds a valid certificate of authority as a health maintenance organization may exercise the powers and authority and is subject to the conditions and limitations provided by this subchapter, Chapter 843, Insurance Code, the Texas Nonprofit Corporation Law as described by Section 1.008(d), Business Organizations Code, and rules of the Texas Department of Insurance.|Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 534.153 (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 C. Health Maintenance Organizations|Section 534.153. Application of Laws and Rules

Sec. 534.153.  APPLICATION OF LAWS AND RULES.  A health maintenance organization created and operating under this subchapter is governed as, and is subject to the same laws and rules of the Texas Department of Insurance as, any other health maintenance organization of the same type.  The commissioner of insurance may adopt rules as necessary to accept funding sources other than the sources specified by Section 843.405, Insurance Code, from a nonprofit health maintenance organization created and operating under this subchapter, to meet the minimum surplus requirements of that section.|Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 534.154 (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 C. Health Maintenance Organizations|Section 534.154. Applicability of Specific Laws

Sec. 534.154.  APPLICABILITY OF SPECIFIC LAWS.  (a)  A nonprofit health maintenance organization created under Section 534.151 is a health care provider that is a nonprofit health maintenance organization created and operated by a community center for purposes of Section 84.007(e), Civil Practice and Remedies Code.  The nonprofit health maintenance organization is not a governmental unit or a unit of local government, for purposes of Chapters 101 and 102, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, respectively, or a local government for purposes of Chapter 791, Government Code.(b)  Nothing in this subchapter precludes one or more community centers from forming a nonprofit corporation under Chapter 162, Occupations Code, to provide services on a risk-sharing or capitated basis as permitted under Chapter 844, Insurance Code.|Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 534.155 (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 C. Health Maintenance Organizations|Section 534.155. Consideration of Bids

Sec. 534.155.  CONSIDERATION OF BIDS.  Each appropriate department shall give equal consideration to bids submitted by any entity, whether it be public, for-profit, or nonprofit, if the department accepts bids to provide services through a capitated or at-risk payment arrangement and if the entities meet all other criteria as required by the department.|Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 534.156 (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 C. Health Maintenance Organizations|Section 534.156. Conditions for Certain Contracts

Sec. 534.156.  CONDITIONS FOR CERTAIN CONTRACTS.  A contract between each appropriate department and a health maintenance organization formed by one or more community centers must provide that the health maintenance organization may not form a for-profit entity unless the organization transfers all of the organization's assets to the control of the boards of trustees of the community centers that formed the organization.|Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 551.001 (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 551.001. Definitions

Sec. 551.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subtitle:(1)  "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission.(2)  "Commissioner" means:(A)  the commissioner of state health services in relation to mental health services; and(B)  the commissioner of aging and disability services in relation to intellectual disability services.(3)  "Department" means:(A)  the Department of State Health Services in relation to mental health services; and(B)  the Department of Aging and Disability Services in relation to intellectual disability services.(4)  "Department facility" means:(A)  a facility for persons with mental illness under the jurisdiction of the Department of State Health Services; and(B)  a facility for persons with an intellectual disability under the jurisdiction of the Department of Aging and Disability Services.(5)  "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.|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 § 551.002 (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 551.002. Prohibition of Interest

Sec. 551.002.  PROHIBITION OF INTEREST.  The superintendent or director of a department facility or a person connected with that department facility may not:(1)  sell or have a concern in the sale of merchandise, supplies, or other items to a department facility; or(2)  have an interest in a contract with a department facility.|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 § 551.003 (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 551.003. Deposit of Patient or Client Funds

Sec. 551.003.  DEPOSIT OF PATIENT OR CLIENT FUNDS.  (a)  The superintendent or director of a department facility is the custodian of the personal funds that belong to a facility patient or client and that are on deposit with the institution.(b)  The superintendent or director may deposit or invest those funds in:(1)  a bank in this state;(2)  federal bonds or obligations; or(3)  bonds or obligations for which the faith and credit of the United States are pledged.(c)  The superintendent or director may combine the funds of facility patients or clients only to deposit or invest the funds.(d)  The person performing the function of business manager at that facility shall maintain records of the amount of funds on deposit for each facility patient or client.|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 § 551.004 (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 551.004. Benefit Fund

Sec. 551.004.  BENEFIT FUND.  (a)  The superintendent or director may deposit the interest or increment accruing from funds deposited or invested under Section 551.003 into a fund to be known as the benefit fund.  The superintendent or director is the trustee of the fund.(b)  The superintendent or director may spend money from the benefit fund for:(1)  educating or entertaining the patients or clients;(2)  barber or cosmetology services for the patients or clients; and(3)  the actual expense incurred in maintaining the fund.|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 § 551.005 (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 551.005. Disbursement of Patient or Client Funds

Sec. 551.005.  DISBURSEMENT OF PATIENT OR CLIENT FUNDS.  Funds in the benefit fund or belonging to a facility patient or client may be disbursed only on the signatures of both the facility's superintendent or director and the person performing the function of business manager at that facility.|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 § 551.006 (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 551.006. Facility Standards

Sec. 551.006.  FACILITY STANDARDS.  (a)  The executive commissioner by rule shall prescribe standards for department facilities relating to building safety and the number and quality of staff.  The staff standards must provide that adequate staff exist to ensure a continuous plan of adequate medical, psychiatric, nursing, and social work services for patients and clients of a department facility.(b)  Each department shall approve facilities of that department that meet applicable standards and, when requested, shall certify the approval to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.|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 § 551.007 (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 551.007. Building and Improvement Program

Sec. 551.007.  BUILDING AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.  (a)  The executive commissioner, in coordination with the appropriate department, shall design, construct, equip, furnish, and maintain buildings and improvements authorized by law at department facilities.(b)  The executive commissioner may employ architects and engineers to prepare plans and specifications and to supervise construction of buildings and improvements.  The executive commissioner shall employ professional, technical, and clerical personnel to carry out the design and construction functions prescribed by this section, subject to the General Appropriations Act and other applicable law.|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.|