Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
Title 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION |
Subtitle A. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION |
Chapter 532. ORGANIZATION OF TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION |
Sec. 532.003. COMPOSITION OF BOARD
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(a) The board is composed of nine members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate.
(b) The members must be representatives of the public who have demonstrated interest in mental health, mental retardation, developmental disabilities, or the health and human services system. At least one member must be a consumer of services for persons with mental illness or mental retardation or a family member of a consumer of those services.
(c) Appointments to the board shall be made without regard to the race, color, handicap, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointees.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 208, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.