Human Resources Code § 40.0582

Sec. 40.0582. QUALITY CONTRACTING FRAMEWORK. (a) The department shall monitor and coordinate with general residential operations providing treatment services to children or young adults with emotional disorders to maintain and improve the quality of residential child-care services purchased by the department. (b) In implementing the requirements of Subsection (a), the department shall consider any information the department determines relevant to assess the ability of a contractor or potential contractor to provide quality residential child-care services, including: (1) the strength of the operational plan and all required components of the operational plan described by Section 42.252; (2) the regulatory history of the contractor; and (3) the history of the contractor on satisfying the performance measures developed under Section 40.058. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 394 (S.B. 781), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.