Section 574.0455 - List of Qualified Transportation Service Providers(a) The commissioners court of a county may:(1) establish and maintain a list of qualified transportation service providers that a court may authorize or with whom a person may contract to transport a person to a mental health facility in accordance with Section 574.045;(2) establish an application procedure for a person to be included on the list, including an appropriate application fee to be deposited in the county general fund;(3) contract with qualified transportation service providers on terms acceptable to the county;(4) allow officers and employees of the county to utilize persons on the list on a rotating basis if the officer or employee is authorized to provide transportation under Section 574.045 and chooses to utilize a qualified transportation service provider in accordance with the terms of the contract approved by the commissioners court; and(5) ensure that the list is made available to any person authorized to provide transportation under Section 574.045.(b) The executive commissioner shall prescribe uniform standards: (1) that a person must meet to be listed as a qualified transportation service provider under Subsection (a); and(2) prescribing requirements relating to how the transportation of a person to a mental health facility by a qualified transportation service provider is provided.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 574.0455
Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1,Sec. 3.1383, eff. 4/2/2015.Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1122, Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2011.