Texas § HS.533.014 - RESPONSIBILITY OF LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES IN MAKING TREATMENT RECOMMENDAT
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§ HS.533.014. RESPONSIBILITY OF LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES IN MAKING TREATMENT RECOMMENDAT
RESPONSIBILITY OF LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES IN MAKING TREATMENT RECOMMENDATIONS. (a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules that: (1) relate to the responsibility of the local mental health authorities to make recommendations relating to the most appropriate and available treatment alternatives for individuals in need of mental health services, including individuals who are in contact with the criminal justice system and individuals detained in local jails and juvenile detention facilities; (2) govern commitments to a local mental health authority; (3) govern transfers of patients that involve a local mental health authority; and (4) provide for emergency admission to a department mental health facility if obtaining approval from the authority could result in a delay that might endanger the patient or others. (b) The executive commissioner's first consideration in developing rules under this section must be to satisfy individual patient treatment needs in the most appropriate setting. The executive commissioner shall also consider reducing patient inconvenience resulting from admissions and transfers between providers. (c) The department shall notify each judge who has probate jurisdiction in the service area and any other person the local mental health authority considers necessary of the responsibility of the local mental health authority to make recommendations relating to the most appropriate and available treatment alternatives and the procedures required in the area. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 646, Sec. 3, eff. Aug. 30, 1993; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 367, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1214, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219 ), Sec. 3.1335, eff. April 2, 2015.
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