Texas Health And Safety Code Title 7, Chapter 551 - General Provisions

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES RELATING TO STATE FACILITIES

• Texas Section 551.001 - Definitions
  In this subtitle: (1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission. (2) "Commissioner" means: (A) the commissioner of state health services in relation to...
• Texas Section 551.002 - Prohibition Of Interest
  The superintendent or director of a department facility or a person connected with that department facility may not: (1) sell or have a concern in...
• Texas Section 551.003 - Deposit Of Patient Or Client Funds
  (a) The superintendent or director of a department facility is the custodian of the personal funds that belong to a facility patient or client and...
• Texas Section 551.004 - Benefit Fund
  (a) The superintendent or director may deposit the interest or increment accruing from funds deposited or invested under Section 551.003 into a fund to be...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...

SUBCHAPTER B PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO FACILITY SUPERINTENDENT OR DIRECTOR

• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES RELATING TO PATIENT OR CLIENT CARE

• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...

Last modified: September 28, 2016