{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-574.0455","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 574.0455","heading":"LIST OF QUALIFIED TRANSPORTATION SERVICE PROVIDERS.","body":"(a) The commissioners court of a county may:\n(1) establish and maintain a list of qualified transportation service providers that a court may authorize or with whom a person may contract to transport a person to a mental health facility in accordance with Section 574.045;\n(2) establish an application procedure for a person to be included on the list, including an appropriate application fee to be deposited in the county general fund;\n(3) contract with qualified transportation service providers on terms acceptable to the county;\n(4) allow officers and employees of the county to utilize persons on the list on a rotating basis if the officer or employee is authorized to provide transportation under Section 574.045 and chooses to utilize a qualified transportation service provider in accordance with the terms of the contract approved by the commissioners court; and\n(5) ensure that the list is made available to any person authorized to provide transportation under Section 574.045.\n(b) The executive commissioner shall prescribe uniform standards:\n(1) that a person must meet to be listed as a qualified transportation service provider under Subsection (a); and\n(2) prescribing requirements relating to how the transportation of a person to a mental health facility by a qualified transportation service provider is provided.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1122 (H.B. 167), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1383, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY","SUBTITLE C. TEXAS MENTAL HEALTH CODE","CHAPTER 574. COURT-ORDERED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER D. DESIGNATION OF FACILITY AND TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.574.htm#574.0455","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"7e875e215ce9e7a893bf86452c9688f744da6bbb91eb347c90c4d039cb809a71","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-574.045","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-574.0456"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}