{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-533a.017","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 533A.017","heading":"PARTICIPATION IN PURCHASING CONTRACTS OR GROUP PURCHASING PROGRAM.","body":"(a) This section does not apply to a \"health and human services agency,\" as that term is defined by Section 521.0001, Government Code.\n(b) The executive commissioner may allow a state agency, local agency, or local intellectual and developmental disability authority that expends public money to purchase goods or services in connection with providing or coordinating the provision of intellectual disability services to purchase goods or services with the public money by participating in:\n(1) a contract the executive commissioner has made to purchase goods or services; or\n(2) a group purchasing program established or designated by the executive commissioner that offers discounts to providers of intellectual disability services.\nAdded by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1335, eff. April 2, 2015.\nAmended by:\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 2.59, eff. April 1, 2025.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY","SUBTITLE A. SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY","CHAPTER 533A. POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.533A.htm#533A.017","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"cc483e00deca5ee955ec625730c44a61fdcb4bb6f3c092eda8ffab5c5eb5de38","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-533a.016","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-533a.018"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}