CHAPTER 615. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION
SUBTITLE E. SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO MENTAL ILLNESS AND
MENTAL RETARDATION
CHAPTER 615. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 615.001. COUNTY RESPONSIBILITY. Each commissioners court
shall provide for the support of a person with mental illness or
mental retardation who is:
(1) a resident of the county;
(2) unable to provide self-support; and
(3) cannot be admitted to a state mental health or mental
retardation facility.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1991.
Sec. 615.002. ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH RECORDS BY PROTECTION AND
ADVOCACY SYSTEM. (a) Notwithstanding other state law, the
protection and advocacy system established in this state under
the federal Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals
Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 10801 et seq.) is entitled to access
to records relating to persons with mental illness to the extent
authorized by federal law.
(b) If the patient consents to notification, the protection and
advocacy system shall notify the Texas Department of Mental
Health and Mental Retardation's Office of Client Services and
Rights Protection if the system decides to investigate a
complaint of abuse, neglect, or rights violation that relates to
a patient in a facility or program operated by, licensed by,
certified by, or in a contractual relationship with the
department.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1991.