{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-534.109","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 534.109","heading":"CONTRACT COMPLIANCE FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES.","body":"(a) The department shall evaluate a local intellectual and developmental disability authority's compliance with its contract to ensure the provision of specific services to priority populations.\n(b) If, by a date set by the commissioner, a local intellectual and developmental disability authority fails to comply with its contract to ensure the provision of services to the satisfaction of the commissioner, the department may impose a sanction as provided by the applicable contract rule until the dispute is resolved. The department shall notify the authority in writing of the department's decision to impose a sanction.\n(c) A local intellectual and developmental disability authority may appeal the department's decision to impose a sanction on the authority. The executive commissioner by rule shall prescribe the appeal procedure.\n(d) The filing of a notice of appeal stays the imposition of the department's decision to impose a sanction except when an act or omission by a local intellectual and developmental disability authority is endangering or may endanger the life, health, welfare, or safety of a person.\n(e) While an appeal under this section is pending, the department may limit general revenue allocations to a local intellectual and developmental disability authority to monthly distributions.\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#534.109","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"6c8615ee2523fc965294d3c34bc9175bc9b77b4b0fd40583db33347e89da8fef","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-534.108","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-534.110"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}