Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 551.004
Benefit Fund

(a)

The superintendent or director may deposit the interest or increment accruing from funds deposited or invested under Section 551.003 (Deposit of Patient or Client Funds) into a fund to be known as the benefit fund. The superintendent or director is the trustee of the fund.

(b)

The superintendent or director may spend money from the benefit fund for:

(1)

educating or entertaining the patients or clients;

(2)

barber or cosmetology services for the patients or clients; and

(3)

the actual expense incurred in maintaining the fund.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1337, eff. April 2, 2015.

Source: Section 551.004 — Benefit Fund, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­551.­htm#551.­004 (accessed May 26, 2025).

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