{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-534.0601","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 534.0601","heading":"COORDINATED PROGRAM AUDITS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES.","body":"(a) The executive commissioner shall coordinate with each agency or department of the state that contracts with a local mental health authority to prescribe procedures for a coordinated program audit of the authority. The procedures must be:\n(1) consistent with the requirements for the receipt of federal funding by the authority; and\n(2) based on risk assessment.\n(b) A program audit must evaluate:\n(1) the extent to which a local mental health authority is achieving the results or benefits established by an agency or department of the state or by the legislature;\n(2) the effectiveness of the authority's organization, program, activities, or functions; and\n(3) the authority's compliance with law.\n(c) A program audit of a local mental health authority must be performed in accordance with the procedures prescribed under this section.\n(d) The department may not implement a procedure for a program audit under this section without the approval of the executive commissioner.\n(e) This section does not prohibit an agency, department, or other entity providing funding to a local mental health authority from investigating a complaint against the authority or performing additional contract monitoring of the authority.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1209, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.","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 534. COMMUNITY SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER B. COMMUNITY-BASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.534.htm#534.0601","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"92134ace051855cbf6402d3a5d777fc8f0c16789ef4c676ce02c006c9b1270a2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-534.060","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-534.0602"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}