{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-534.065","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 534.065","heading":"RENEWAL OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES.","body":"(a) A local mental health authority shall review a contract scheduled for renewal that:\n(1) is between the authority and a private provider;\n(2) is for the provision of mental health services at the community level, including residential services; and\n(3) involves the use of state funds or funds for which the state has oversight responsibility.\n(b) The local mental health authority may renew the contract only if the contract meets the criteria provided by Section 533.016.\n(c) The local mental health authority and private provider shall negotiate a contract renewal at arm's length and in good faith.\n(d) This section applies to a contract renewal regardless of the date on which the original contract was initially executed.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1187, Sec. 15, 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#534.065","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"e863fdc48f6f0875f72fda1ad54c73d9fc3648c06cf22f80a12bb15b004e526c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-534.064","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-534.066"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}