Texas Mental Health Code Project
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Texas Mental Health Code Project
The Texas Mental Health Code has not been substantially revised in more than 25 years, while behavioral health care standards, practices and services have changed dramatically during this time. As a result, the code contains inconsistencies and provisions that are no longer applicable or practical, which can adversely affect people with behavioral health conditions in Texas.
Texas Appleseed, in partnership with Disability Rights Texas, received a grant from the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health to identify and recommend changes needed to update the mental health code. Stakeholders such as consumers, family members, law enforcement officers, judges, attorneys and mental health professionals have been invited to participate in the process. The end product will be a report to the Texas Legislature with recommendations on how to modernize the code.
"Protecting the Vulnerable: Texas Mental Health Code Due for Update" Austin American-Statesman, Jan. 14, 2012
Project Updates
TMHC Report Draft - March 21, 2012
Next Meetings of Selected Stakeholders
None Scheduled
Contact
Dr. Susan Stone, a consultant and practicing psychiatrist and attorney, is coordinating the process under the guidance of a steering committee whose members include Professor Michael Churgin, University of Texas School of Law; Attorney Beth Mitchell, Disability Rights Texas; Attorney Deborah Fowler, Texas Appleseed; Judge Guy Herman, Travis County Probate Court; Attorney Chris Lopez, Texas Department of Health Services; Professor Brian Shannon, Texas Tech University School of Law; and Dr. Jim Van Norman, Austin Travis County Integral Care. For more information, contact Dr. Susan Stone at sstonejdmd@me.com.