Sec. 533.040. SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH. (a) The department shall ensure the development of programs and the expansion of services at the community level for children with mental illness, or with a dual diagnosis of mental illness and an intellectual disability, and for their families. The department shall:
(1) prepare and review budgets for services for children;
(2) develop departmental policies relating to children's programs and service delivery; and
(3) increase interagency coordination activities to enhance the provision of services for children.
(b) The department shall designate an employee authorized in the department's schedule of exempt positions to be responsible for planning and coordinating services and programs for children and youth. The employee shall perform budget and policy review and provide interagency coordination of services for children and youth.
(c) The department shall designate an employee as a youth suicide prevention officer. The officer shall serve as a liaison to the Texas Education Agency and public schools on matters relating to the prevention of and response to suicide or attempted suicide by public school students.
(d) The department and the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services shall:
(1) jointly develop:
(A) a continuum of care for children younger than seven years of age who have mental illness; and
(B) a plan to increase the expertise of the department's service providers in mental health issues involving children younger than seven years of age; and
(2) coordinate, if practicable, the departments' activities and services involving children with mental illness and their families.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 6.46, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 57, Sec. 1, eff. May 15, 2003.
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