SENATE BILL 261 |
SENATE AUTHOR: Moncrief |
EFFECTIVE: 06-18-99 |
HOUSE SPONSOR: Naishtat |
Senate Bill 261 amends provisions of the Health and Safety Code to remove certain facilities from the jurisdiction of the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation and changes the name of the Vernon-Wichita Falls State Hospital. The act removes provisions relating to the establishment of public responsibility committees at community centers and department residential care facilities. In addition, it specifies that a facility of a single portal authority includes a private mental hospital under contract with a single portal authority.