Sec. 252.008. RULES GENERALLY

(a) The board shall adopt rules related to the administration and implementation of this chapter.

(b) The department and the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation shall cooperate in developing proposed rules under this section. Before the board adopts a rule applicable to a facility, the board shall present the proposed rule to the commissioner of mental health and mental retardation for review of the effects of the proposed rule. Not later than the 31st day after the date the proposed rule is received, the commissioner of mental health and mental retardation shall provide the board a written statement of the effects of the proposed rule. The board shall consider the statement in adopting a rule under this section.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 693, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 160, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.