Sec. 533.03521. LOCAL NETWORK DEVELOPMENT PLAN CREATION AND APPROVAL. (a) A local mental health authority shall develop a local network development plan regarding the configuration and development of the local mental health authority's provider network. The plan must reflect local needs and priorities and maximize consumer choice and access to qualified service providers.
(b) The local mental health authority shall submit the local network development plan to the department for approval.
(c) On receipt of a local network development plan under this section, the department shall review the plan to ensure that the plan:
(1) complies with the criteria established by Section 533.0358 if the local mental health authority is providing services under that section; and
(2) indicates that the local mental health authority is reasonably attempting to solicit the development of a provider base that is:
(A) available and appropriate; and
(B) sufficient to meet the needs of consumers in the local authority's local service area.
(d) If the department determines that the local network development plan complies with Subsection (c), the department shall approve the plan.
(e) At least biennially, the department shall review a local mental health authority's local network development plan and determine whether the plan complies with Subsection (c).
(f) As part of a local network development plan, a local mental health authority annually shall post on the local authority's website a list of persons with whom the local authority had a contract or agreement in effect during all or part of the previous year, or on the date the list is posted, related to the provision of mental health services.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 478 (H.B. 2439), Sec. 4, eff. June 16, 2007.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1335, eff. April 2, 2015.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability
Subtitle A - Services for Persons With Mental Illness or an Intellectual Disability
Chapter 533 - Powers and Duties of Department of State Health Services
Subchapter B. Powers and Duties Relating to Provision of Mental Health Services
Section 533.032. Long-Range Planning
Section 533.0325. Continuum of Services in Campus Facilities
Section 533.033. Determination of Required Range of Mental Health Services
Section 533.034. Authority to Contract for Community-Based Services
Section 533.0345. State Agency Services Standards
Section 533.035. Local Mental Health Authorities
Section 533.0351. Required Composition of Local Mental Health Authority Governing Body
Section 533.0352. Local Authority Planning for Local Service Area
Section 533.03521. Local Network Development Plan Creation and Approval
Section 533.0356. Local Behavioral Health Authorities
Section 533.0357. Best Practices Clearinghouse for Local Mental Health Authorities
Section 533.0358. Local Mental Health Authority's Provision of Services as Provider of Last Resort
Section 533.0359. Rulemaking for Local Mental Health Authorities
Section 533.037. Service Programs and Sheltered Workshops
Section 533.040. Services for Children and Youth
Section 533.0415. Memorandum of Understanding on Interagency Training
Section 533.042. Evaluation of Elderly Residents
Section 533.043. Proposals for Geriatric, Extended, and Transitional Care
Section 533.051. Allocation of Outpatient Mental Health Services and Beds in State Hospitals