Sec. 73.502. TRANSFER OF GIFTS, GRANTS, UNEXPENDED BALANCES, CONTRACTS, AND OBLIGATIONS

Any gifts, grants, unexpended balances of appropriated or unappropriated funds, and all movable equipment held by the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation for, on behalf of, or for the use and benefit of the Texas Research Institute of Mental Sciences are hereby transferred to The University of Texas System; provided, however, that all previously appropriated funds for statewide training of department personnel and program evaluation by the institute shall be retained by the department. All contracts and written obligations of every kind and character entered into by the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation for and on behalf of the Texas Research Institute of Mental Sciences are ratified, confirmed, and validated, and in all such contracts and written obligations, the board of regents of The University of Texas System is substituted in lieu and shall stand and act in place and stead of the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation; provided, however, that an advisory committee shall be established with regard to research protocols and the commissioner of the department shall be a member; provided further, that The University of Texas System may contract with the department for continued extramural and other laboratory consultative services. The Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Harris County, and the Mental Health and Mental Retardation Authority of Harris County shall provide for the continuity of inpatient and outpatient care of the patients and programs operated at the Texas Research Institute of Mental Sciences and may contract for the provision of such services in accordance with the provisions of and appropriations provided in the General Appropriations Act.

Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 848, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.