Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 306 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DELIVERY SYSTEM
Subchapter D - MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES-ADMISSION, CONTINUITY, AND DISCHARGE
Division 3 - ADMISSION TO A STATE MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY OR A FACILITY WITH A CONTRACTED PSYCHIATRIC BED-PROVIDER RESPONSIBILITIES
Section 306.171 - General Admission Criteria for a State Mental Health Facility or Facility with a Contracted Psychiatric Bed
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) With the exceptions of Waco Center for Youth, a maximum-security unit, and an adolescent forensic unit, an SMHF or facility with a CPB may admit an individual, who has been assessed by an LMHA or LBHA and recommended for inpatient admission, only if the individual has a mental illness and, as a result of the mental illness:
(b) An individual's admission to an SMHF or facility with a CPB may not occur if the individual:
(c) If an individual arrives at an SMHF or facility with a CPB for mental health services, and the individual was not screened or referred by an LMHA or LBHA as described in § 306.163 of this subchapter (relating to Most Appropriate and Available Treatment Options):
(d) If an LMHA or LBHA authorized an individual's admission to an SMHF or a facility with a CPB and the facility determines that the individual does not meet inpatient criteria for admission, the facility contacts the designated LMHA or LBHA to coordinate alternate outpatient community services. The designated LMHA or LBHA must contact the individual within 24 hours after being notified that the individual does not meet inpatient admission criteria.
