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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 534.065

RENEWAL OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff

(a) A local mental health authority shall review a contract scheduled for renewal that:

(1) is between the authority and a private provider;

(2) is for the provision of mental health services at the community level, including residential services; and

(3) involves the use of state funds or funds for which the state has oversight responsibility.

(b) The local mental health authority may renew the contract only if the contract meets the criteria provided by Section 533.016.

(c) The local mental health authority and private provider shall negotiate a contract renewal at arm's length and in good faith.

(d) This section applies to a contract renewal regardless of the date on which the original contract was initially executed.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.