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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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GOVERNMENT CODE |
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Title 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH |
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Subtitle I. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES |
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Chapter 531. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION |
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Subchapter G-1. DEVELOPING LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN |
Sec. 531.251. PILOT PROJECT CONSORTIUM; EXPANSION PLAN
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(a) The commission shall form a consortium to develop criteria for and implement the expansion of the Texas Integrated Funding Initiative pilot project and to develop local mental health care systems in communities for minors who are receiving residential mental health services or who are at risk of residential placement to receive mental health services. The consortium must include representatives of the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, Texas Education Agency, Texas Youth Commission, Texas Juvenile Probation Commission, and Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse and an equal number of family advocates.
(b) The commission and the consortium shall:
(1) develop a model and guidelines for the delivery of mental health services and support to a minor, initiated before the person's 18th birthday, including best practices in the financing, administration, governance, and delivery of those services;
(2) establish a plan to expand the Texas Integrated Funding Initiative so that the initiative may operate in up to six communities; and
(3) identify appropriate sources of state and federal funding to finance mental health services under the initiative from a central fund for expansion communities.