Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 533.0356
Local Behavioral Health Authorities


(a)

The department may designate a local behavioral health authority in a local service area to provide mental health and chemical dependency services in that area. The department may delegate to an authority designated under this section the authority and responsibility for planning, policy development, coordination, resource allocation, and resource development for and oversight of mental health and chemical dependency services in that service area. An authority designated under this section has:

(1)

all the responsibilities and duties of a local mental health authority provided by Section 533.035 (Local Mental Health Authorities) and by Subchapter B (Definitions), Chapter 534 (Community Services); and

(2)

the responsibility and duty to ensure that chemical dependency services are provided in the service area as described by the statewide service delivery plan adopted under Section 461A.056 (Statewide Service Delivery Plan).

(c)

In the planning and implementation of services, the authority shall give proportionate priority to mental health services and chemical dependency services that ensures that funds purchasing services are used in accordance with specific regulatory and statutory requirements that govern the respective funds.

(d)

A local mental health authority may apply to the department for designation as a local behavioral health authority.

(e)

The department, by contract or by a case-rate or capitated arrangement or another method of allocation, may disburse money, including federal money, to a local behavioral health authority for services.

(f)

A local behavioral health authority, with the approval of the department as provided by contract, shall use money received under Subsection (e) to ensure that mental health and chemical dependency services are provided in the local service area at the same level as the level of services previously provided through:

(1)

the local mental health authority; and

(2)

the department.

(g)

In determining whether to designate a local behavioral health authority for a service area and in determining the functions of the authority if designated, the department shall solicit and consider written comments from any interested person including community representatives, persons who are consumers of the proposed services of the authority, and family members of those consumers.

(h)

An authority designated under this section shall demonstrate to the department that services involving state funds that the authority oversees comply with relevant state standards.

(i)

The executive commissioner may adopt rules to govern the operations of local behavioral health authorities. The department may assign the local behavioral health authority the duty of providing a single point of entry for mental health and chemical dependency services.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1187, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1335, eff. April 2, 2015.

Source: Section 533.0356 — Local Behavioral Health Authorities, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­533.­htm#533.­0356 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

533.001
Gifts and Grants
533.0001
Definitions
533.0002
Commissioner’s Powers and Duties
533.003
Use of Funds for Volunteer Programs in Local Authorities and Community Centers
533.004
Liens
533.005
Easements
533.007
Use of Criminal History Record Information
533.008
Employment Opportunities for Individuals with Mental Illness or an Intellectual Disability
533.009
Exchange of Patient Records
533.010
Information Relating to Condition
533.012
Cooperation of State Agencies
533.014
Responsibility of Local Mental Health Authorities in Making Treatment Recommendations
533.015
Unannounced Inspections
533.016
Certain Procurements of Goods and Services by Service Providers
533.017
Participation in Purchasing Contracts or Group Purchasing Program
533.031
Definitions
533.032
Long-range Planning
533.033
Determination of Required Range of Mental Health Services
533.034
Authority to Contract for Community-based Services
533.035
Local Mental Health Authorities
533.037
Service Programs and Sheltered Workshops
533.040
Services for Children and Youth
533.042
Evaluation of Elderly Residents
533.043
Proposals for Geriatric, Extended, and Transitional Care
533.051
Allocation of Outpatient Mental Health Services and Beds in State Hospitals
533.052
Contracting with Certain Mental Health Service Providers and Facilities to Provide Services and Beds for Certain Persons
533.053
Informing Courts of Commitment Options
533.0075
Exchange of Employment Records
533.081
Development of Facility Budgets
533.082
Determination of Savings in Facilities
533.083
Criteria for Expansion, Closure, or Consolidation of Facility
533.084
Management of Surplus Real Property
533.085
Facilities for Inmate and Parolee Care
533.087
Lease of Real Property
533.0095
Collection and Maintenance of Information Regarding Persons Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity
533.108
Prioritization of Funding for Diversion of Persons from Incarceration in Certain Counties
533.0325
Continuum of Services in Campus Facilities
533.0345
State Agency Services Standards
533.0351
Required Composition of Local Mental Health Authority Governing Body
533.0352
Local Authority Planning for Local Service Area
533.0354
Disease Management Practices and Jail Diversion Measures of Local Mental Health Authorities
533.0356
Local Behavioral Health Authorities
533.0357
Best Practices Clearinghouse for Local Mental Health Authorities
533.0358
Local Mental Health Authority’s Provision of Services as Provider of Last Resort
533.0359
Rulemaking for Local Mental Health Authorities
533.0415
Memorandum of Understanding on Interagency Training
533.0515
Regional Allocation of Mental Health Beds
533.0844
Mental Health Community Services Account
533.03521
Local Network Development Plan Creation and Approval

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 533.0356’s source at texas​.gov