Title HS, Health and Safety Code

Sec. 113.0101. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE COMPOSITION. (a) The consortium is governed by an executive committee composed of the following members: (1) the chair of the academic department of psychiatry of each of the health-related institutions of higher education listed in Section 113.…

Sec. 113.0102. TERMS; VACANCY. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the executive committee shall establish: (1) the terms of executive committee members; and (2) procedures for the reappointment of members. (b) An executive committee member described by Section 113.0101(a)(…

Sec. 113.0103. PRESIDING OFFICER. The executive committee shall elect a presiding officer from among the membership of the executive committee. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 464 (S.B. 11), Sec. 22, eff. June 6, 2019.

Sec. 113.0104. STATEWIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COORDINATING COUNCIL. The consortium shall designate a member of the executive committee to represent the consortium on the statewide behavioral health coordinating council. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 464 (S.B. 11), Sec. 22…

Sec. 113.0105. GENERAL DUTIES. The executive committee shall: (1) coordinate the provision of funding to the health-related institutions of higher education listed in Section 113.0052(1) to carry out the purposes of this chapter; (2) establish procedures and policies for the admi…

Sec. 113.0151. CHILD PSYCHIATRY ACCESS NETWORK AND TELEMEDICINE AND TELEHEALTH PROGRAMS. (a) The consortium shall establish a network of comprehensive child psychiatry access centers. A center established under this section shall: (1) be located at a health-related institution of…

Sec. 113.0152. CONSENT REQUIRED FOR SERVICES TO MINOR. (a) A person may provide mental health care services to a child younger than 18 years of age through a program established under this subchapter only if the person obtains the written consent of the parent or legal guardian o…

Sec. 113.0153. REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES. A child psychiatry access center established under Section 113.0151(a) may not submit an insurance claim or charge a pediatrician or primary care provider a fee for providing consultation services or training opportunities under this sec…

Sec. 113.0181. MENTAL HEALTH CARE ACCESS PROGRAM FOR RURAL HOSPITALS AND RURAL HEALTH CLINICS. (a) Using the network of comprehensive child psychiatry access centers established under Section 113.0151, the consortium shall establish or expand provider consultation programs to ass…

Sec. 113.0182. CONSENT REQUIRED FOR SERVICES TO MINOR. (a) A person may provide mental health care services to a child younger than 18 years of age through a program established under this subchapter only if the person obtains the written consent of the parent or legal guardian o…

Sec. 113.0201. CHILD PSYCHIATRY WORKFORCE EXPANSION. (a) The executive committee may provide funding to a health-related institution of higher education listed in Section 113.0052(1) for the purpose of funding: (1) two full-time psychiatrists who treat children and adolescents to…

Sec. 113.0202. CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY FELLOWSHIP. (a) The executive committee may provide funding to a health-related institution of higher education listed in Section 113.0052(1) for the purpose of funding a physician fellowship position that will lead to a medical spec…

Sec. 113.0251. BIENNIAL REPORT. Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, the consortium shall prepare and submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the standing committee of each house of the legislature with primar…

Sec. 113.0252. APPROPRIATION CONTINGENCY. The consortium is required to implement a provision of this chapter only if the legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that purpose, the consortium may,…