80R1666 CAE-D
 
  By: Hilderbran H.B. No. 654
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the Department of State Health Services contracting for
a community psychiatric hospital to be located on Kerrville State
Hospital grounds.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 551, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 551.009 to read as follows:
       Sec. 551.009.  KERRVILLE COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL.
(a) The department shall contract with a community mental health
center to operate a community inpatient psychiatric hospital on the
grounds of Kerrville State Hospital, in a facility separate from
the buildings used by Kerrville State Hospital.  The community
mental health center must be qualified to provide under the
contract integrated psychiatric care, nursing care, psychiatric
rehabilitation, psychology services, and social work services.
       (b)  The community mental health center shall contract with
Kerrville State Hospital to provide food service, laundry service,
lawn care, and equipment rental to the community inpatient
psychiatric hospital. The community mental health center may
contract with Kerrville State Hospital to provide pharmaceutical
services for the community inpatient psychiatric hospital.
       (c)  The community inpatient psychiatric hospital may not be
used to provide care to:
             (1)  children; or
             (2)  adults sentenced to a state mental facility as
provided by Chapter 46C, Code of Criminal Procedure.
       SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2007.