Texas Health And Safety Code Title 12, Chapter 1001 - Department Of State Health Services

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1001.001 - Definitions
  In this title: (1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission. (2) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of state health services. (3) "Council" means the...
• Texas Section 1001.002 - Agency
  The department is an agency of the state. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 1.09. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1001.002 - Agency And Agency Functions
  (a) In this section, "function" includes a power, duty, program, or activity and an administrative support services function associated with the power, duty, program, or...
• Texas Section 1001.003 - Sunset Provision
  The Department of State Health Services is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter,...
• Texas Section 1001.004 - References In Law Meaning Department
  In this code or any other law, a reference to the department in relation to a function described by Section 1001.002(c) means the department. A...

SUBCHAPTER B ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1001.005 - References In Law Meaning Commissioner Or Designee
  In this code or in any other law, a reference to the commissioner in relation to a function described by Section 1001.002(c) means the commissioner....
• Texas Section 1001.021 - State Health Services Council
  (a) The State Health Services Council is created to assist the commissioner in developing rules and policies for the department. (b) The council is composed...
• Texas Section 1001.022 - Appointments
  (a) Appointments to the council shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointees. (b)...
• Texas Section 1001.023 - Training Program For Council Members
  (a) A person who is appointed as a member of the council may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as a member in attendance at...
• Texas Section 1001.024 - Terms
  (a) Council members serve for staggered six-year terms with the terms of three members expiring February 1 of each odd-numbered year. (b) A member of...
• Texas Section 1001.025 - Vacancy
  The governor by appointment shall fill the unexpired term of a vacancy on the council. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 1.09....
• Texas Section 1001.026 - Presiding Officer; Other Officers; Meetings
  (a) The governor shall designate a member of the council as the presiding officer to serve in that capacity at the pleasure of the governor....
• Texas Section 1001.027 - Reimbursement For Expenses
  A council member may not receive compensation for service as a member of the council but is entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses incurred by...
• Texas Section 1001.028 - Public Interest Information And Complaints
  (a) The commissioner, with the advice of the council, shall prepare information of public interest describing the functions of the department and the procedures by...
• Texas Section 1001.029 - Public Access And Testimony
  (a) The commissioner shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the commissioner and to speak on...
• Texas Section 1001.030 - Policymaking And Management Responsibilities
  The commissioner, with the advice of the council and subject to the approval of the executive commissioner, shall develop and the department shall implement policies...
• Texas Section 1001.0305 - Local Health Entity Policy
  In developing policy related to funding local health entities as defined by Section 117.001, the department shall consult with the Public Health Funding and Policy...
• Texas Section 1001.032 - Offices
  The department shall maintain its central office in Austin. The department may maintain offices in other areas of the state as necessary. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 1001.033 - Report To Secretary Of State
  (a) In this section, "colonia" means a geographic area that: (1) is an economically distressed area as defined by Section 17.921, Water Code; (2) is...
• Texas Section 1001.034 - Investigation Of Department
  The executive commissioner shall investigate the conduct of the work of the department. For that purpose, the executive commissioner shall have access at any time...

SUBCHAPTER C PERSONNEL

• Texas Section 1001.035 - Advisory Committees
  (a) The executive commissioner may appoint advisory committees to assist the executive commissioner and department in performing duties related to department functions. (b) If the...
• Texas Section 1001.051 - Commissioner
  (a) The executive commissioner shall appoint a commissioner of the department with the approval of the governor. The commissioner is to be selected according to...
• Texas Section 1001.052 - Personnel
  (a) The department may employ, compensate, and prescribe the duties of personnel necessary and suitable to administer this chapter. (b) The executive commissioner shall prepare...
• Texas Section 1001.053 - Information About Qualifications And Standards Of Conduct
  The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall provide to department employees, as often as necessary, information regarding the requirements for employment under this chapter or...
• Texas Section 1001.054 - Merit Pay
  Subject to rules adopted by the executive commissioner, the commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall develop a system of annual performance evaluations. All merit pay...
• Texas Section 1001.055 - Career Ladder
  The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall develop an intra-agency career ladder program. The program must require intra-agency postings of all nonentry-level positions concurrently with...

SUBCHAPTER D POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT

• Texas Section 1001.056 - Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
  (a) Subject to rules adopted by the executive commissioner, the commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall prepare and maintain a written policy statement that implements...
• Texas Section 1001.071 - General Powers And Duties Of Department Related To Health Care
  (a) The department is the state agency with primary responsibility to administer or provide health services, including: (1) disease prevention; (2) health promotion; (3) indigent...
• Texas Section 1001.0711 - School Health Advisory Committee
  (a) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish a School Health Advisory Committee at the department to provide assistance to the council in establishing a...
• Texas Section 1001.072 - General Powers And Duties Of Department Related To Mental Health
  The department is responsible for administering human services programs regarding mental health, including: (1) administering and coordinating mental health services at the local and state...
• Texas Section 1001.073 - General Powers And Duties Of Department Related To Substance Abuse
  The department is responsible for administering human services programs regarding substance abuse, including: (1) administering, coordinating, and contracting for the delivery of substance abuse prevention...
• Texas Section 1001.074 - Information Regarding Complaints
  (a) The department shall maintain a file on each written complaint filed with the department. The file must include: (1) the name of the person...
• Texas Section 1001.075 - Rules
  The executive commissioner may adopt rules reasonably necessary for the department to administer this chapter, consistent with the memorandum of understanding under Section 531.0055(k), Government...
• Texas Section 1001.077 - Adult Diabetes Education Program
  (a) In counties with populations of more than 100,000, the department may assist hospital districts and county hospital systems in providing an adult diabetes education...
• Texas Section 1001.078 - Funding Formula; Public Health Evaluation
  (a) In this section: (1) "Health service region" means a public health region designated under Section 121.007. (2) "Local health department" means a local health...
• Texas Section 1001.079 - Public Health Threat Policy
  (a) In this section, "local health department" means a local health department established under Subchapter D, Chapter 121. (b) The department shall create a policy...
• Texas Section 1001.080 - Health Insurance Coverage Information
  (a) In this section, "individual's legally authorized representative" means: (1) a parent, managing conservator, or guardian of an individual, if the individual is a minor;...
• Texas Section 1001.081 - Health Insurance Exchange Information
  (a) In this section: (1) "Health insurance exchange" means an American Health Benefit Exchange administered by the federal government under 42 U.S.C. Section 18041 or...
• Texas Section 1001.083 - Report On Court-ordered Outpatient Mental Health Services
  (a) Not later than December 1, 2016, the department shall prepare and submit to the legislature a report containing information about persons receiving court-ordered outpatient...
• Texas Section 1001.084 - Contracting And Auditing Authority; Delegation
  (a) The executive commissioner, as authorized by Section 531.0055, Government Code, may delegate to the department the executive commissioner's authority under that section for contracting...
• Texas Section 1001.084 - Mental Health And Substance Abuse Public Reporting System
  (a) The department, in collaboration with the commission, shall establish and maintain a public reporting system of performance and outcome measures relating to mental health...
• Texas Section 1001.085 - Management And Direction By Executive Commissioner
  The department's powers and duties prescribed by this chapter and other law, including enforcement activities and functions, are subject to the executive commissioner's oversight under...
• Texas Section 1001.086 - Treatment Alternatives Training Curriculum For Judges And Attorneys
  (a) The department, with input from the court of criminal appeals and the forensic director appointed under Section 532.013, shall develop and maintain a training...
• Texas Section 1001.087 - Contracting For And Administration Of Certain Functions Relating To Substance Abuse
  (a) The department may contract only with local mental health authorities and local behavioral health authorities to administer outreach, screening, assessment, and referral functions relating...

SUBCHAPTER F TEXAS MEDICAL CHILD ABUSE RESOURCES AND EDUCATION SYSTEM (MEDCARES)

• Texas Section 1001.088 - Mental Health And Substance Abuse Hotlines
  The department shall ensure that each local mental health authority and local behavioral health authority operates a toll-free telephone hotline that enables a person to...
• Texas Section 1001.151 - Texas Medical Child Abuse Resources And Education System Grant Program
  (a) The department shall establish the Texas Medical Child Abuse Resources and Education System (MEDCARES) grant program to award grants for the purpose of developing...
• Texas Section 1001.152 - Use Of Grant
  A grant awarded under this subchapter may be used to support: (1) comprehensive medical evaluations, psychosocial assessments, treatment services, and written and photographic documentation of...
• Texas Section 1001.154 - Gifts And Grants
  The department may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations from any public or private source for the purposes of this subchapter. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 1001.155 - Required Report
  Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, the department shall submit a report to the governor and the legislature regarding the grant activities...
• Texas Section 1001.156 - Rules
  The executive commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to implement this subchapter. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1238 (S.B. 2080), Sec. 7(a),...

SUBCHAPTER H MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING

• Texas Section 1001.157 - Appropriation Required
  The department is not required to award a grant under this subchapter unless the department is specifically appropriated money for purposes of this subchapter. Added...
• Texas Section 1001.201 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Educator" means a person who is required to hold a certificate issued under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code. (2) "Local...
• Texas Section 1001.2015 - Limitation On Grants
  For each state fiscal year, the department may give to a local mental health authority in the form of grants under Sections 1001.202 and 1001.203...
• Texas Section 1001.202 - Grants For Training Of Mental Health First Aid Trainers
  (a) To the extent funds are appropriated to the department for that purpose, the department shall make grants to local mental health authorities to contract...
• Texas Section 1001.203 - Grants For Training Certain Educators In Mental Health First Aid
  (a) To the extent funds are appropriated to the department for that purpose, the department shall make grants to local mental health authorities to provide...
• Texas Section 1001.2031 - Supplemental Grants For Training Certain Educators In Mental Health First Aid
  For each state fiscal year, the department may allocate any unobligated money appropriated for making grants under Sections 1001.202 and 1001.203 for supplemental grants. The...
• Texas Section 1001.204 - Plans For Mental Health First Aid Training Programs
  (a) Not later than July 1 of each state fiscal year for which a local mental health authority will seek a grant from the department...
• Texas Section 1001.205 - Reports
  (a) Not later than September 30 of each year, a local mental health authority shall provide to the department the number of: (1) employees and...

SUBCHAPTER I MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM FOR VETERANS

• Texas Section 1001.206 - Liability
  A person who has completed a mental health first aid training program offered by a local mental health authority under this subchapter and who in...
• Texas Section 1001.221 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Peer" means a person who is a veteran or a veteran's family member. (2) "Veteran" means a person who has served...
• Texas Section 1001.223 - Grants
  (a) The department shall establish a grant program through which the department may award grants to regional and local organizations for the delivery of programs...
• Texas Section 1001.224 - Annual Report
  Not later than December 1 of each year, the department shall submit a report to the governor and the legislature that includes: (1) the number...

Last modified: September 28, 2016