Title HS, Health and Safety Code

Sec. 614.0032. SPECIAL DUTIES RELATED TO MEDICALLY RECOMMENDED SUPERVISION; DETERMINATIONS REGARDING MENTAL ILLNESS OR INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY. (a) The office shall: (1) perform duties imposed on the office by Section 508.146, Government Code; and (2) periodically identify state …

Sec. 614.004. TERMS. The at-large members of the committee serve for staggered six-year terms with the terms of approximately one-third of the at-large members expiring on February 1 of each odd-numbered year. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Ame…

Sec. 614.005. OFFICERS; MEETINGS. (a) The governor shall designate a member of the committee as the presiding officer of the committee to serve in that capacity at the pleasure of the governor. (b) The committee shall meet at least four times each year and may meet at other times…

Sec. 614.006. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN GOVERNMENT CODE PROVISIONS. (a) The provisions of Chapter 2110, Government Code, other than Section 2110.002(a), apply to the committee. (b) A member of the committee is not entitled to compensation for performing duties on the committee but…

Sec. 614.007. POWERS AND DUTIES. The office shall: (1) determine the status of offenders with medical or mental impairments in the state criminal justice system; (2) identify needed services for offenders with medical or mental impairments; (3) develop a plan for meeting the trea…

Sec. 614.008. COMMUNITY-BASED DIVERSION PROGRAM FOR OFFENDERS WITH MEDICAL OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENTS. (a) The office may maintain at least one program in a county selected by the office to employ a cooperative community-based alternative system to divert from the state criminal justi…

Sec. 614.009. BIENNIAL REPORT. Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, the office shall present to the board and file with the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives a report giving the details of the office's activities during th…

Sec. 614.0101. PUBLIC ACCESS. The committee shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the committee and to speak on any issue under the jurisdiction of the committee or office. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 11…

Sec. 614.0102. COMPLAINTS. (a) The office shall maintain a file on each written complaint filed with the office. The file must include: (1) the name of the person who filed the complaint; (2) the date the complaint is received by the office; (3) the subject matter of the complain…

Sec. 614.013. CONTINUITY OF CARE FOR OFFENDERS WITH MENTAL IMPAIRMENTS. (a) The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Department of State Health Services, the bureau of identification and records of the Department of Public Safety, representatives of local mental health or in…

Sec. 614.014. CONTINUITY OF CARE FOR ELDERLY OFFENDERS. (a) The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Texas Workforce Commission, and the executive commissioner by rule shall adopt a memorandum of understanding that establishes the respective responsibilities of the Texas Dep…

Sec. 614.015. CONTINUITY OF CARE FOR OFFENDERS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, TERMINAL ILLNESSES, OR SIGNIFICANT ILLNESSES. (a) The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Texas Workforce Commission, and the executive commissioner by rule shall adopt a memorandum of understanding …

Sec. 614.016. CONTINUITY OF CARE FOR CERTAIN OFFENDERS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND JAILS. (a) The office, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, the bureau of identification and records of the Department of Public Safety, and the Commission on Jail Standards by rule shall adopt a me…

Sec. 614.017. EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION. (a) An agency shall: (1) accept information relating to a special needs offender or a juvenile with a mental impairment that is sent to the agency to serve the purposes of continuity of care and services regardless of whether other state law…

Sec. 614.018. CONTINUITY OF CARE FOR JUVENILES WITH MENTAL IMPAIRMENTS. (a) The Texas Juvenile Justice Department, the Department of Public Safety, the Department of State Health Services, the Health and Human Services Commission, the Department of Family and Protective Services,…

Sec. 614.019. PROGRAMS FOR JUVENILES. (a) The office, in cooperation with the Department of State Health Services, the Department of Family and Protective Services, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, and the Texas Education Agency, may establish and maintain programs, buildin…

Sec. 614.020. YOUTH ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT PROGRAM. (a) The office may establish and maintain in Tarrant County an assertive community treatment program to provide treatment, rehabilitation, and support services to individuals in that county who: (1) are under 18 years of …

Sec. 614.0205. APPROPRIATION CONTINGENCY. The office is required to provide a service or program under Section 614.019(a) or 614.020 only if the legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that purpo…

Sec. 614.021. SERVICES FOR WRONGFULLY IMPRISONED PERSONS. (a) In this section, "wrongfully imprisoned person" has the meaning assigned by Section 501.101, Government Code. (b) The office shall develop a plan to use existing case management functions to assist wrongfully imprisone…