Tex. Health & Safety Code § 551.001 · Subchapter A. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES RELATING TO STATE FACILITIES
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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.
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. 3.1337, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.551.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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