{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-8.153","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 8.153","heading":"INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION; MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.","body":"(a) A local mental health authority that employs a non-physician mental health professional under Section 8.152 and the regional education service center shall collaborate in carrying out this subchapter.\n(b) Each regional education service center shall provide for a non-physician mental health professional employed for the region served by the center with a space for the professional to carry out the professional's duties under Section 8.155. The local mental health authority that employs the professional shall pay the center a reasonable, negotiated cost-recovery fee for providing the space and administrative support as outlined in the memorandum of understanding entered into under Subsection (c). The cost-recovery fee may not exceed $15,000 per year unless the local mental health authority and center agree to a higher amount.\n(c) A local mental health authority and a regional education service center shall enter into a memorandum of understanding for the administration of this section.\nAdded by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1019 (H.B. 19), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION","SUBTITLE B. STATE AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNANCE","CHAPTER 8. REGIONAL EDUCATION SERVICE CENTERS","SUBCHAPTER E. MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE RESOURCES FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT PERSONNEL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.8.htm#8.153","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"df3f88083e47a2dd7da7413a7e191c1ec09c76a0200b24d1814a72ef35e20c4b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-8.152","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-8.154"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}