Tex. Education Code § 8.153
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 8.153, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 8.153. INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION; MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.
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(a) A local mental health authority that employs a non-physician mental health professional under Section 8.152 and the regional education service center shall collaborate in carrying out this subchapter.
(b) Each regional education service center shall provide for a non-physician mental health professional employed for the region served by the center with a space for the professional to carry out the professional's duties under Section 8.155. The local mental health authority that employs the professional shall pay the center a reasonable, negotiated cost-recovery fee for providing the space and administrative support as outlined in the memorandum of understanding entered into under Subsection (c). The cost-recovery fee may not exceed $15,000 per year unless the local mental health authority and center agree to a higher amount.
(c) A local mental health authority and a regional education service center shall enter into a memorandum of understanding for the administration of this section.
(b) Each regional education service center shall provide for a non-physician mental health professional employed for the region served by the center with a space for the professional to carry out the professional's duties under Section 8.155. The local mental health authority that employs the professional shall pay the center a reasonable, negotiated cost-recovery fee for providing the space and administrative support as outlined in the memorandum of understanding entered into under Subsection (c). The cost-recovery fee may not exceed $15,000 per year unless the local mental health authority and center agree to a higher amount.
(c) A local mental health authority and a regional education service center shall enter into a memorandum of understanding for the administration of this section.
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