Tex. Health & Safety Code § 533.082 · Subchapter D. POWERS AND DUTIES RELATING TO DEPARTMENT FACILITIES
DETERMINATION OF SAVINGS IN FACILITIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department shall determine the degree to which the costs of operating department facilities for persons with mental illness in compliance with applicable standards are affected as populations in the facilities fluctuate.
(b) In making the determination, the department shall:
(1) assume that the current level of services and necessary state of repair of the facilities will be maintained; and
(2) include sufficient funds to allow the department to comply with the requirements of litigation and applicable standards.
(c) The department shall allocate to community-based mental health programs any savings realized in operating department facilities for persons with mental illness.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
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. 3.1335, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.533.htm
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