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Chapter 551 - General Provisions
Subchapter A. General Powers and Duties Relating to State Facilities
Section 551.001. Definitions - Sec. 551.001. DEFINITIONS. In this subtitle: (1) "Commission" means the...
Section 551.002. Prohibition of Interest - Sec. 551.002. PROHIBITION OF INTEREST. The superintendent or director of...
Section 551.003. Deposit of Patient or Client Funds - Sec. 551.003. DEPOSIT OF PATIENT OR CLIENT FUNDS. (a) The...
Section 551.004. Benefit Fund - Sec. 551.004. BENEFIT FUND. (a) The superintendent or director may...
Section 551.005. Disbursement of Patient or Client Funds - Sec. 551.005. DISBURSEMENT OF PATIENT OR CLIENT FUNDS. Funds in...
Section 551.006. Facility Standards - Sec. 551.006. FACILITY STANDARDS. (a) The executive commissioner by rule...
Section 551.007. Building and Improvement Program - Sec. 551.007. BUILDING AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. (a) The executive commissioner,...
Section 551.008. Regional Laundry Centers - Sec. 551.008. REGIONAL LAUNDRY CENTERS. A regional laundry center operated...
Section 551.009. Hill Country Local Mental Health Authority Crisis Stabilization Unit - Sec. 551.009. HILL COUNTRY LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY CRISIS STABILIZATION...
Subchapter B. Provisions Applicable to Facility Superintendent or Director
Section 551.022. Powers and Duties of Superintendent - Sec. 551.022. POWERS AND DUTIES OF SUPERINTENDENT. (a) The superintendent...
Section 551.0225. Powers and Duties of State Supported Living Center Director - Sec. 551.0225. POWERS AND DUTIES OF STATE SUPPORTED LIVING CENTER...
Section 551.024. Superintendent's or Director's Duty to Admit Commissioner and Executive Commissioner - Sec. 551.024. SUPERINTENDENT'S OR DIRECTOR'S DUTY TO ADMIT COMMISSIONER AND...
Section 551.025. Duty to Report Missing Patient or Client - Sec. 551.025. DUTY TO REPORT MISSING PATIENT OR CLIENT. If...
Section 551.026. Person Performing Business Manager Function - Sec. 551.026. PERSON PERFORMING BUSINESS MANAGER FUNCTION. (a) The person...
Subchapter C. Powers and Duties Relating to Patient or Client Care
Section 551.041. Medical and Dental Treatment - Sec. 551.041. MEDICAL AND DENTAL TREATMENT. (a) Each department shall...
Section 551.042. Outpatient Clinics - Sec. 551.042. OUTPATIENT CLINICS. (a) If funds are available, the...
Section 551.044. Occupational Therapy Programs - Sec. 551.044. OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PROGRAMS. (a) Each department may provide...
Chapter 552 - State Hospitals
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 552.001. Hospital Districts - Sec. 552.001. HOSPITAL DISTRICTS. (a) The department shall divide the...
Section 552.0011. Definitions - Sec. 552.0011. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) Repealed by Acts...
Section 552.002. Carrying of Handgun by License Holder in State Hospital - Sec. 552.002. CARRYING OF HANDGUN BY LICENSE HOLDER IN STATE...
Subchapter B. Indigent and Nonindigent Patients
Section 552.012. Classification and Definition of Patients - Sec. 552.012. CLASSIFICATION AND DEFINITION OF PATIENTS. (a) A patient...
Section 552.013. Support of Indigent and Nonindigent Patients - Sec. 552.013. SUPPORT OF INDIGENT AND NONINDIGENT PATIENTS. (a) A...
Section 552.014. Child Support Payments for Benefit of Patient - Sec. 552.014. CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS FOR BENEFIT OF PATIENT. (a)...
Section 552.015. Investigation to Determine Means of Support - Sec. 552.015. INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE MEANS OF SUPPORT. (a) The...
Section 552.016. Fees - Sec. 552.016. FEES. (a) Except as provided by this section,...
Section 552.017. Sliding Fee Schedule - Sec. 552.017. SLIDING FEE SCHEDULE. (a) The executive commissioner by...
Section 552.018. Trust Principals - Sec. 552.018. TRUST PRINCIPALS. (a) If a patient is the...
Section 552.019. Filing of Claims - Sec. 552.019. FILING OF CLAIMS. (a) A county or district...
Section 552.020. Application - Sec. 552.020. APPLICATION. Except as provided by Subchapter C, Chapter...
Subchapter C. Powers and Duties of Department Relating to State
Section 552.051. Reports of Illegal Drug Use; Policy - Sec. 552.051. REPORTS OF ILLEGAL DRUG USE; POLICY. The executive...
Section 552.052. State Hospital Employee Training - Sec. 552.052. STATE HOSPITAL EMPLOYEE TRAINING. (a) Before a state...
Section 552.053. Information Management, Reporting, and Tracking System - Sec. 552.053. INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, REPORTING, AND TRACKING SYSTEM. The department...
Section 552.054. Risk Assessment Protocols - Sec. 552.054. RISK ASSESSMENT PROTOCOLS. The department shall develop risk...
Subchapter D. Inspector General Duties
Section 552.101. Assisting Law Enforcement Agencies With Certain Investigations - Sec. 552.101. ASSISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WITH CERTAIN INVESTIGATIONS. The...
Section 552.102. Summary Report - Sec. 552.102. SUMMARY REPORT. (a) The inspector general shall prepare...
Section 552.103. Annual Status Report - Sec. 552.103. ANNUAL STATUS REPORT. (a) The inspector general shall...
Section 552.104. Retaliation Prohibited - Sec. 552.104. RETALIATION PROHIBITED. The department or a state hospital...
Subchapter E. State Hospital Operations
Section 552.151. Transition Planning for Contracted Operations of a Certain State Hospital - Sec. 552.151. TRANSITION PLANNING FOR CONTRACTED OPERATIONS OF A CERTAIN...
Section 552.152. Plan Requirements - Sec. 552.152. PLAN REQUIREMENTS. (a) In developing the plan, the...
Section 552.153. Report - Sec. 552.153. REPORT. Not later than September 1, 2020, the...
Chapter 553 - San Antonio State Supported Living Center
Section 553.022. San Antonio State Supported Living Center - Sec. 553.022. SAN ANTONIO STATE SUPPORTED LIVING CENTER. (a) The...
Chapter 554 - State Centers and Homes
Section 554.0001. Definition - Sec. 554.0001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "department" means the Department...
Section 554.001. Admission of Certain Juveniles - Sec. 554.001. ADMISSION OF CERTAIN JUVENILES. (a) The department shall...
Section 554.002. Services - Sec. 554.002. SERVICES. (a) The department shall provide without charge...
Chapter 555 - State Supported Living Centers
Section 555.001. Definitions - Sec. 555.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Alleged offender resident"...
Section 555.002. Forensic State Supported Living Centers - Sec. 555.002. FORENSIC STATE SUPPORTED LIVING CENTERS. (a) The department...
Section 555.003. Determination of High-Risk Alleged Offender Status - Sec. 555.003. DETERMINATION OF HIGH-RISK ALLEGED OFFENDER STATUS. (a) Not...
Subchapter B. Powers and Duties
Section 555.021. Required Criminal History Checks for Employees, Contractors, and Volunteers - Sec. 555.021. REQUIRED CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS FOR EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AND...
Section 555.022. Drug Testing; Policy - Sec. 555.022. DRUG TESTING; POLICY. (a) The executive commissioner shall...
Section 555.023. Reports of Illegal Drug Use; Policy - Sec. 555.023. REPORTS OF ILLEGAL DRUG USE; POLICY. The executive...
Section 555.024. Center Employee Training - Sec. 555.024. CENTER EMPLOYEE TRAINING. (a) Before a center employee...
Section 555.025. Video Surveillance - Sec. 555.025. VIDEO SURVEILLANCE. (a) In this section, "private space"...
Section 555.026. Drinking Water Quality: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Guidance on Lead and Copper Testing - Sec. 555.026. DRINKING WATER QUALITY: TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY...
Section 555.027. Anatomical Gift - Sec. 555.027. ANATOMICAL GIFT. (a) The executive commissioner by rule...
Subchapter C. Office of Independent Ombudsman for State Supported Living Centers
Section 555.051. Establishment; Purpose - Sec. 555.051. ESTABLISHMENT; PURPOSE. The office of independent ombudsman is...
Section 555.052. Independence - Sec. 555.052. INDEPENDENCE. The independent ombudsman in the performance of...
Section 555.053. Appointment of Independent Ombudsman - Sec. 555.053. APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT OMBUDSMAN. (a) The governor shall...
Section 555.054. Assistant Ombudsmen - Sec. 555.054. ASSISTANT OMBUDSMEN. (a) The independent ombudsman shall: (1)...
Section 555.055. Conflict of Interest - Sec. 555.055. CONFLICT OF INTEREST. A person may not serve...
Section 555.056. Report - Sec. 555.056. REPORT. (a) The independent ombudsman shall submit on...
Section 555.057. Communication and Confidentiality - Sec. 555.057. COMMUNICATION AND CONFIDENTIALITY. (a) The department shall allow...
Section 555.058. Promotion of Awareness of Office - Sec. 555.058. PROMOTION OF AWARENESS OF OFFICE. The independent ombudsman...
Section 555.059. Duties and Powers - Sec. 555.059. DUTIES AND POWERS. (a) The independent ombudsman shall:...
Section 555.060. Retaliation Prohibited - Sec. 555.060. RETALIATION PROHIBITED. The department or a center may...
Section 555.061. Toll-Free Number - Sec. 555.061. TOLL-FREE NUMBER. (a) The office shall establish a...
Section 555.101. Assisting Law Enforcement Agencies With Certain Investigations - Sec. 555.101. ASSISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WITH CERTAIN INVESTIGATIONS. The...
Section 555.102. Summary Report - Sec. 555.102. SUMMARY REPORT. (a) The inspector general shall prepare...
Section 555.103. Annual Status Report - Sec. 555.103. ANNUAL STATUS REPORT. (a) The inspector general shall...
Section 555.104. Retaliation Prohibited - Sec. 555.104. RETALIATION PROHIBITED. The department or a center may...
Subchapter E. Electronic Monitoring of Resident's Room
Section 555.151. Definitions - Sec. 555.151. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Authorized electronic monitoring"...
Section 555.152. Criminal and Civil Liability - Sec. 555.152. CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LIABILITY. (a) It is a...
Section 555.153. Covert Use of Electronic Monitoring Device; Liability of Department or Center - Sec. 555.153. COVERT USE OF ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE; LIABILITY OF...
Section 555.154. Required Form on Admission - Sec. 555.154. REQUIRED FORM ON ADMISSION. The executive commissioner by...
Section 555.155. Authorized Electronic Monitoring: Who May Request - Sec. 555.155. AUTHORIZED ELECTRONIC MONITORING: WHO MAY REQUEST. (a) If...
Section 555.156. Authorized Electronic Monitoring: Form of Request; Consent of Other Residents in Room - Sec. 555.156. AUTHORIZED ELECTRONIC MONITORING: FORM OF REQUEST; CONSENT OF...
Section 555.157. Authorized Electronic Monitoring: General Provisions - Sec. 555.157. AUTHORIZED ELECTRONIC MONITORING: GENERAL PROVISIONS. (a) A center...
Section 555.158. Reporting Abuse, Neglect, or Exploitation - Sec. 555.158. REPORTING ABUSE, NEGLECT, OR EXPLOITATION. (a) A person...
Section 555.159. Use of Tape or Recording by Agency or Court - Sec. 555.159. USE OF TAPE OR RECORDING BY AGENCY OR...
Section 555.160. Notice at Entrance to Center - Sec. 555.160. NOTICE AT ENTRANCE TO CENTER. Each center shall...
Section 555.161. Enforcement - Sec. 555.161. ENFORCEMENT. The department may impose appropriate sanctions under...
Section 555.162. Interference With Device; Criminal Penalty - Sec. 555.162. INTERFERENCE WITH DEVICE; CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A person...
Subchapter F. Right to Essential Caregiver Visits
Section 555.201. Definition - Sec. 555.201. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "essential caregiver" means a...
Section 555.202. Resident's Right to Essential Caregiver Visits - Sec. 555.202. RESIDENT'S RIGHT TO ESSENTIAL CAREGIVER VISITS. (a) A...