Tex. Health & Safety Code § 551.042 · Subchapter C. POWERS AND DUTIES RELATING TO PATIENT OR CLIENT CARE
OUTPATIENT CLINICS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If funds are available, the Department of State Health Services may establish in locations the department considers necessary outpatient clinics to treat persons with mental illness.
(b) As necessary to establish and operate the clinics:
(1) the department may:
(A) acquire facilities;
(B) hire personnel; and
(C) contract with persons, corporations, and local, state, and federal agencies; and
(2) the executive commissioner may adopt rules.
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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- sha256 237bc41bf0b984dfa0ac7f88ea40e7480ffa03b62b628886b38888426b2059e1
- Composed by
- 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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