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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 E. SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO MENTAL ILLNESS AND MENTAL RETARDATION |
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Chapter 614. TEXAS CORRECTIONAL OFFICE ON OFFENDERS WITH MEDICAL OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENTS |
Sec. 614.002. COMPOSITION OF COMMITTEE; DUTIES
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Appointments to the committee shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointees.
(g) It is a ground for removal from the committee that an at-large member:
(1) does not have at the time of taking office the qualifications required by Subsection (b);
(2) does not maintain during service on the committee the qualifications required by Subsection (b);
(3) is ineligible for membership under Subsection (d);
(4) cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the member's duties for a substantial part of the member's term;
(5) is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled committee meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a majority vote of the committee; or
(6) is absent from more than two consecutive regularly scheduled committee meetings that the member is eligible to attend.
(h) The validity of an action of the committee is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of a committee member exists.
(i) If the director of the committee has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the director shall notify the presiding officer of the committee of the potential ground. The presiding officer shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists. If the potential ground for removal involves the presiding officer, the director shall notify the next highest ranking officer of the committee, who shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists.
(j) A representative designated by the executive head of a state agency must be an officer or employee of the agency when designated and while serving on the committee.
(k) The committee shall advise the board and the director of the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments on matters related to offenders with medical or mental impairments and perform other duties imposed by the board.