{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-534.104","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 534.104","heading":"JOINT DISCHARGE PLANNING.","body":"(a) The executive commissioner shall adopt, and the department shall enforce, rules that require continuity of services and planning for client care between department facilities and local intellectual and developmental disability authorities.\n(b) At a minimum, the rules must require joint discharge planning between a department facility and a local intellectual and developmental disability authority before a facility discharges a client or places the client on an extended furlough with an intent to discharge.\n(c) The local intellectual and developmental disability authority shall plan with the department facility and determine the appropriate community services for the client.\n(d) The local intellectual and developmental disability authority shall arrange for the provision of the services if department funds are to be used and may subcontract with or make a referral to a local agency or entity.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 835, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.802, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 10A.533, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\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-1. COMMUNITY-BASED INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY SERVICES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.534.htm#534.104","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"9a8e52d85a29e5d35e60e02766705a117d34d17d91fb90e7bf52acd3b185a59e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-534.103","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-534.105"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}