Inpatient Psychiatric Beds

Hospital services staffed with medical and nursing professionals who provide 24-hour professional monitoring, supervision and assistance in an environment designed to provide safety and security during acute behavioral health crisis. Staff provides intensive interventions designed to relieve acute symptomatology and restore the patient's ability to function in a less restrictive setting.

Statements of Work

• SOW-Private Psychiatric Beds (MS Word)
• SOW-Community Mental Health Hospitals (MS Word)

Forms/Handbooks/Rates

• Exhibit A (Excel)
• Exhibit B (MS Word)
• Exhibit E (MS Word)
• Exhibit F (Excel)
• Form X (Excel)

Statutes and Rules

• Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Chapter 46B, Incompetency to Stand Trial
• Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 241, Hospitals
• Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 571, General Provisions
• Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 572, Voluntary Mental Health Services
• Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 573, Emergency Detention
• Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 574, Court-Ordered Mental Health Services
• Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 577, Private Mental Hospitals and Other Mental Health Facilities
• Texas Administrative Code, Title 26, Part 1, Chapter 505, Hospital Licensing
• Texas Administrative Code, Title 26, Part 1, Chapter 510, Private Psychiatric Hospitals and Crisis Stabilization Units
• Texas Administrative Code, Title 26, Part 1, Chapter 568, Standards of Care and Treatment in Psychiatric Hospitals
• Texas Administrative Code, Title 26, Part 1, Chapter 306, Subchapter D, Mental Health Services--Admission, Discharge, and Continuity of Cares
• Texas Administrative Code, Title 26, Part 1, Chapter 320, Subchapter B, Consent to Treatment with Psychoactive Medications
• Texas Administrative Code, Title 26, Part 1, Chapter 320, Subchapter C, Interventions in Metal Health Services

Contact Mailbox

• Contracts: Email HHSC Performance Contracts
• Crisis Services Unit: Email HHSC Crisis Services