2005 Texas Health & Safety Code CHAPTER 615. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

HEALTH & SAFETY CODE

CHAPTER 615. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS


	§ 615.001. COUNTY RESPONSIBILITY.  Each commissioners 
court shall provide for the support of a person with mental illness 
or mental retardation who is:
		(1)  a resident of the county;                                                
		(2)  unable to provide self-support;  and                                     
		(3)  cannot be admitted to a state mental health or 
mental retardation facility.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.            


	§ 615.002. ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH RECORDS BY PROTECTION 
AND ADVOCACY SYSTEM.  (a) Notwithstanding other state law, the 
protection and advocacy system established in this state under the 
federal Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 
1986 (42 U.S.C. § 10801 et seq.) is entitled to access to records 
relating to persons with mental illness to the extent authorized by 
federal law.
	(b)  If the patient consents to notification, the protection 
and advocacy system shall notify the Texas Department of Mental 
Health and Mental Retardation's Office of Client Services and 
Rights Protection if the system decides to investigate a complaint 
of abuse, neglect, or rights violation that relates to a patient in 
a facility or program operated by, licensed by, certified by, or in 
a contractual relationship with the department.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.