{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-534.069","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 534.069","heading":"CRITERIA FOR PROVIDING FUNDS FOR START-UP COSTS.","body":"(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall develop criteria to regulate the provision of payment to a private provider for start-up costs associated with the development of residential and other community services for persons with mental illness.\n(b) The criteria shall provide that start-up funds be awarded only as a last resort and shall include provisions relating to:\n(1) the purposes for which start-up funds may be used;\n(2) the ownership of capital property and equipment obtained by the use of start-up funds; and\n(3) the obligation of the private provider to repay the start-up funds awarded by the department by direct repayment or by providing services for a period agreed to by the parties.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.\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#534.069","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"59e3f0daa9fb83baabc676ded0a6f06388021c01e8dd5a43d3d3bf2028051400","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-534.068","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-534.070"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}