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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 534. COMMUNITY SERVICES |
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Subchapter B. COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES |
Sec. 534.0602. FINANCIAL AUDITS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES
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(a) The department shall prescribe procedures for a financial audit of a local mental health or mental retardation authority. The procedures must be consistent with requirements for the receipt of federal funding by the authority.
(b) The department shall develop the procedures with the assistance of each agency or department of the state that contracts with a local mental health or mental retardation authority. The department shall incorporate each agency's or department's financial or compliance requirements for an authority into a single audit that meets the requirements of Section 534.068.
(c) Before prescribing or amending a procedure under this section, the department must set a deadline for agencies and departments of the state that contract with local mental health and mental retardation authorities to submit proposals relating to the procedure.
(d) An agency or department of the state that contracts with a local mental health or mental retardation authority must comply with a procedure developed under this section.
(e) The department may not implement a procedure under this section without the approval of the Health and Human Services Commission.