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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
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Title 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION |
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Subtitle A. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION |
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Chapter 533. POWERS AND DUTIES |
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Subchapter B. POWERS AND DUTIES RELATING TO PROVISION OF SERVICES |
Sec. 533.044. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON ASSESSMENT TOOLS
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(a) The department and Texas Department of Human Services by rule shall adopt a joint memorandum of understanding that requires the use of a uniform assessment tool to assess whether an elderly person, a person with mental retardation, a person with a developmental disability, or a person who is suspected of being a person with mental retardation or a developmental disability and who is receiving services in a facility regulated or operated by the department or Texas Department of Human Services needs a guardian of the person or estate, or both.
(b) The memorandum must prescribe:
(1) the facilities that must use the assessment; and
(2) the circumstances in which the facilities must use the assessment.
(c) Each agency shall review and modify the memorandum as necessary not later than the last month of each state fiscal year.