Section 464.020 - Additional Requirements for Disciplinary Alternative Education Treatment Programs(a) A disciplinary alternative education program under Section 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 Section 164.003, to provide the services authorized by a license issued under this chapter to the disciplinary alternative education program.(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. Section 164.006 applies to a contract made under this section.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 464.020
Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1,Sec. 3.1199, eff. 4/2/2015.Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1055, Sec. 29, eff. 6/20/2003.