Section 534.0601 - Coordinated Program Audits of Local Authorities(a) The executive commissioner shall coordinate with each agency or department of the state that contracts with a local mental health authority to prescribe procedures for a coordinated program audit of the authority. The procedures must be: (1) consistent with the requirements for the receipt of federal funding by the authority; and(2) based on risk assessment.(b) A program audit must evaluate: (1) the extent to which a local mental health authority is achieving the results or benefits established by an agency or department of the state or by the legislature;(2) the effectiveness of the authority's organization, program, activities, or functions; and(3) the authority's compliance with law.(c) A program audit of a local mental health authority must be performed in accordance with the procedures prescribed under this section.(d) The department may not implement a procedure for a program audit under this section without the approval of the executive commissioner.(e) This section does not prohibit an agency, department, or other entity providing funding to a local mental health authority from investigating a complaint against the authority or performing additional contract monitoring of the authority.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 534.0601
Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1,Sec. 3.1336, eff. 4/2/2015.Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1209, Sec. 11, eff. 9/1/1999.