Texas Health and Safety Code 464.020 – Additional Requirements for Disciplinary Alternative Education Treatment Programs
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(a) A disciplinary alternative education program under § 37.008, Education Code, may apply for a license under this chapter to offer chemical dependency treatment services.
(b) The board of trustees of a school district with a disciplinary alternative education program, or the board’s designee, shall employ a mental health professional, as defined by § 164.003, to provide the services authorized by a license issued under this chapter to the disciplinary alternative education program.
Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 464.020
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) The department may not issue a license that authorizes a disciplinary alternative education program to provide detoxification or residential services.
(d) The board of trustees of a school district with a disciplinary alternative education program, or the board’s designee, may contract with a private treatment facility or a person employed by or under contract with a private treatment facility to provide chemical dependency treatment services. The contract may not permit the services to be provided at a site that offers detoxification or residential services. § 164.006 applies to a contract made under this section.