County Responsibility

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 615.001, under Miscellaneous Provisions.

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 615.001

Sec. 615.001. COUNTY RESPONSIBILITY. Each commissioners court shall provide for the support of a person with mental illness or an intellectual disability who is: (1) a resident of the county; (2) unable to provide self-support; and (3) cannot be admitted to a state mental health or intellectual disability 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. 3.1500, eff. April 2, 2015.