Sec. 531.154. NOTIFICATION REQUIRED

(a) Not later than the third day after the date a child is initially placed in an institution, the institution shall notify:

(1) the Texas Department of Human Services, if the child is placed in a nursing home;

(2) the local mental retardation authority, as defined by Section 531.002, Health and Safety Code, where the institution is located, if the child:

(A) is placed in an ICF-MR, as defined by Section 531.002, Health and Safety Code; or

(B) is placed by a state or local child protective services agency in an institution for the mentally retarded licensed by the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services;

(3) the community resource coordination group in the county of residence of a parent or guardian of the child;

(4) if the child is at least three years of age, the school district for the area in which the institution is located; and

(5) if the child is less than three years of age, the local early intervention program for the area in which the institution is located.

(b) The Texas Department of Human Services shall notify the local mental retardation authority, as defined by Section 531.002, Health and Safety Code, of a child's placement in a nursing home if the child is known or suspected to suffer from mental retardation or another disability for which the child may receive services through the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 241, Sec. 1, eff. May 23, 1997. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 590, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.