{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-577.009","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 577.009","heading":"LIMITATION ON CERTAIN CONTRACTS.","body":"A community center or other entity the department designates to provide mental health services may not contract with a mental health facility to provide court-ordered mental health services unless the facility is licensed by the department.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 573, Sec. 4.04, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1394, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY","SUBTITLE C. TEXAS MENTAL HEALTH CODE","CHAPTER 577. PRIVATE MENTAL HOSPITALS AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS; LICENSING AND PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.577.htm#577.009","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"27dda4023534308702e11411852d376e8bddae13829527f069f8a0832c3bd9be","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-577.008","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-577.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}