Tex. Health & Safety Code § 534.069 · Subchapter B. COMMUNITY-BASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
CRITERIA FOR PROVIDING FUNDS FOR START-UP COSTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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.
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. 3.1336, 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.534.htm
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