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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) The local mental health authority shall monitor the services of a provider who contracts with the authority to provide services for persons with mental illness to ensure that the provider is delivering the services in a manner consistent with the provider's contract.
(b) Each provider contract involving the use of state funds or funds for which the state has oversight responsibility must authorize the local mental health authority or the authority's designee and the department or the department's designee to have unrestricted access to all facilities, records, data, and other information under the control of the provider as necessary to enable the department to audit, monitor, and review the financial and program activities and services associated with the contract.
(c) The department may withdraw funding from a local mental health authority that fails to cancel a contract with a provider involving the use of state funds or funds for which the state has oversight responsibility if:
(1) the provider is not fulfilling its contractual obligations; and
(2) the authority has not taken appropriate action to remedy the problem in accordance with department rules.
(d) The executive commissioner by rule shall prescribe procedures a local mental health authority must follow in remedying a problem with a provider.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 534.061. Program and Service Monitoring and Review of Certain Community Services - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/health-and-safety-code/health-safety-sect-534-061/
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