(a) The commission shall implement a system of care framework to develop local mental health systems of care in communities for minors who:
(1) have or are at risk of developing a serious emotional disturbance;
(2) are receiving residential mental health services and supports or inpatient mental health hospitalization; or
(3) are at risk of being removed from the minor’s home and placed in a more restrictive environment to receive mental health services and supports, including:
(A) an inpatient mental health hospital;
(B) a residential treatment facility; or
(C) a facility or program operated by the Department of Family and Protective Services or an agency that is part of the juvenile justice system.
(b) The commission shall:
(1) maintain a comprehensive plan for the delivery of mental health services and supports to a minor and a minor’s family using a system of care framework, including best practices in the financing, administration, governance, and delivery of those services;
(2) enter into memoranda of understanding with the Department of State Health Services, the Department of Family and Protective Services, the Texas Education Agency, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, and the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments that specify the roles and responsibilities of each agency in implementing the comprehensive plan;
(3) identify appropriate local, state, and federal funding sources to finance infrastructure and mental health services and supports necessary to support state and local system of care framework efforts; and
(4) develop an evaluation system to measure cross-system performance and outcomes of state and local system of care framework efforts.

(c) In implementing this section, the commission shall consult with stakeholders, including:
(1) minors who have or are at risk of developing a serious emotional disturbance or young adults who received mental health services and supports as a minor with or at risk of developing a serious emotional disturbance; and
(2) family members of those minors or young adults.

Text of section effective on April 01, 2025