Texas Administrative Code
Title 40 - SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE
Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES
Chapter 2 - LOCAL AUTHORITY RESPONSIBILITIES
Subchapter F - CONTINUITY OF SERVICES-STATE FACILITIES
Division 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 2.251 - Purpose
Universal Citation: 40 TX Admin Code § 2.251
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
The purpose of this subchapter is to:
(1) establish criteria and procedures for:
(A) the admission, placement, or commitment
of an individual to a state mental retardation facility in accordance with:
(i) the Persons with Mental Retardation Act
(PMRA);
(ii) the Texas Family Code,
Chapter 55; and
(iii) the Texas
Code of Criminal Procedure, §
46.02 and
§
46.03;
(B) the transfer of an individual
from:
(i) one state MR facility to
another;
(ii) a state MR facility
to a state MH facility; and
(iii) a
state MH facility to a state MR facility;
(C) an individual's move to an alternative
living arrangement from a state MR facility; and
(D) the discharge of an individual from a
state MR facility;
(2) describe the responsibilities of the mental retardation authority (MRA) for:
(A) the admission, placement, or commitment
of an individual to a state MR facility;
(B) an individual's move to an alternative
living arrangement from a state MR facility; and
(C) the review of an individual who moved
from a state MR facility prior to September 1, 1997, and has an assignment of
community placement in CARE; and
(3) describe the responsibilities of the ombudsman in the department's Central Office.
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