Title HS, Health and Safety Code

Sec. 551.005. DISBURSEMENT OF PATIENT OR CLIENT FUNDS. Funds in the benefit fund or belonging to a facility patient or client may be disbursed only on the signatures of both the facility's superintendent or director and the person performing the function of business manager at th…

Sec. 551.006. FACILITY STANDARDS. (a) The executive commissioner by rule shall prescribe standards for department facilities relating to building safety and the number and quality of staff. The staff standards must provide that adequate staff exist to ensure a continuous plan of …

Sec. 551.007. BUILDING AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. (a) The executive commissioner, in coordination with the appropriate department, shall design, construct, equip, furnish, and maintain buildings and improvements authorized by law at department facilities. (b) The executive commissi…

Sec. 551.008. REGIONAL LAUNDRY CENTERS. A regional laundry center operated by the commission to provide laundry services to department facilities may contract with federal agencies, other state agencies, or local political subdivisions to provide or receive laundry services. Adde…

Sec. 551.009. HILL COUNTRY LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT. (a) In this section, "department" means the Department of State Health Services. (a-1) The department shall contract with the local mental health authority serving the Hill Country area, including…

Sec. 551.022. POWERS AND DUTIES OF SUPERINTENDENT. (a) The superintendent of a department facility for persons with mental illness is the administrative head of that facility. (b) The superintendent has the custody of and responsibility to care for the buildings, grounds, furnitu…

Sec. 551.0225. POWERS AND DUTIES OF STATE SUPPORTED LIVING CENTER DIRECTOR. (a) The director of a state supported living center is the administrative head of the center. (b) The director of a state supported living center has the custody of and responsibility to care for the buil…

Sec. 551.024. SUPERINTENDENT'S OR DIRECTOR'S DUTY TO ADMIT COMMISSIONER AND EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER. (a) The superintendent or director shall admit into every part of the department facility the commissioner of that department and the executive commissioner. (b) The superintendent…

Sec. 551.025. DUTY TO REPORT MISSING PATIENT OR CLIENT. If a person receiving inpatient intellectual disability services or court-ordered inpatient mental health services leaves a department facility without notifying the facility or without the facility's consent, the facility d…

Sec. 551.026. PERSON PERFORMING BUSINESS MANAGER FUNCTION. (a) The person performing the function of business manager of a department facility is the chief disbursing officer of the department facility. (b) The person performing the function of business manager of a department fa…

Sec. 551.041. MEDICAL AND DENTAL TREATMENT. (a) Each department shall provide or perform recognized medical and dental treatment or services to a person admitted or committed to that department's care. Each department may perform this duty through an authorized agent. (b) Each de…

Sec. 551.042. OUTPATIENT CLINICS. (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) …

Sec. 551.044. OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PROGRAMS. (a) Each department may provide equipment, materials, and merchandise for occupational therapy programs at department facilities. (b) The superintendent or director of a department facility may, in accordance with rules of that departm…