Overview
Texas. Office of the Governor.
Texas Mental Health Mental Retardation Facility Review Task
Force.
Records
1966,
1984-1993
Types of records
include correspondence, meeting transcripts, copies of legislative bills,
reports, computer discs, contracts, audio cassette tapes, videotapes, and
newspaper clippings. Records consist of executive administration files, files
on state mental facilities, research files and reports of the Task Force, and
media clippings of the Texas Governor's Office's Texas Mental Health and Mental
Retardation Task Force from 1966, and 1984 to 1993.
14 cubic
ft.
English.
Restrictions on Access
None.
Restrictions on Use
None.
Preferred Citation
(Identify the item and cite the series), Records, Texas Mental
Health/Mental Retardation Facility Review Task Force, Texas Office of the
Governor. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and
Archives Commission.
Agency History
The Texas Mental Health Mental Retardation (TXMHMR) Facility Review
Task Force was created as part of House Bill 7, 72nd Legislature, 1st Called
Session, in 1991. The Task Force was created to “study Texas Department
of Mental Health and Mental Retardation facilities for the purpose of making
recommendations to the governor regarding whether there should be closure or
consolidation of any state facilities.” The Task Force was to assess the
status of each facility against a set of legislatively mandated criteria in
order to determine which facilities to recommend for closure or consolidation.
Recommendations were to be based on the Task Force's assessment of the need for
the facility, the ability of a particular facility to be modified for an
alternative use, and the economic impact on the community. The Task Force was
composed of five members from the general public, appointed by the governor.
The Task Force was to issue a report to the governor regarding state schools
and community facilities and programs no later than March 31, 1992, and state
hospitals and state centers no later than December 1, 1992.
On March 31, 1992, the Task Force recommended to the governor that the
Travis State School in Austin and the Fort Worth State School be closed. No
state hospitals, centers, or other facilities were recommended for closure but
the Task Force did prepare detailed recommendations for improvements.
Scope and Contents
Types of records include correspondence, meeting transcripts, copies
of legislative bills, reports, computer floppy discs, contracts, audio cassette
tapes, videotapes, and newspaper clippings. Records include executive
administration files, files on state mental facilities, research files and
reports of the Task Force, and media clippings of the Texas Governor's Office's
Texas Mental Health and Mental Retardation Task Force from 1966, and 1984 to
1993.
Executive administration records include transcripts of meetings,
correspondence of task force members, and the settlement agreement of
Leszl v. Kavanagh, a class action lawsuit that had
prompted reforms in the treatment of residents in state mental facilities and
whose settlement depended upon the recommendations of the Task Force.
Correspondents with the Task Force and its staff include Texas Governor Ann
Richards, U.S. Congressmen, state legislators, the Texas Department of Mental
Health and Mental Retardation, the Texas Planning Council for Developmental
Disabilities, family members of residents and patients of state mental
facilities, and advocates for the mentally retarded. Subjects include proposed
legislation, grant requests, assessments of facilities, recommendations for
improvements, and the closure of state schools. In the executive administration
records there is correspondence from the public both in favor of and against
the decision to close the two state schools.
The three types of state mental facilities examined by the Task Force
were state schools, state hospitals, and state centers. Records on facilities
are divided by these three types and include meeting files, correspondence, and
research files. The meeting files consist of briefing books, transcripts, and
audio cassette tapes. Correspondence is generally from citizens and
organizations in support of keeping a facility open within their community.
Citizens of Mexia and San Angelo made especially strong lobbying efforts to the
Task Force to keep their schools open. Research files include reports, subject
files and media clippings.
Organization of the Records
These records are organized into six groups:
- Executive administration, 1991-1993
- State schools, 1990-1992
- State hospitals, 1990-1992
- State centers, 1986-1992
- Research files and reports, 1966, 1984-1992
- Media clippings on task force activities, 1991-1992
Index Terms
The terms listed here were used to catalog the
records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records.
Subjects:
Mental health
facilities--Texas.
Mental retardation
facilities--Texas.
Document Types:
Correspondence--Texas--Mental health and mental
retardation facilities--1984-1993.
Reports--Texas--Mental
health and mental retardation facilities--1966, 1984-1993.
Transcripts--Texas--Mental
health and mental retardation facilities--1984-1993.
Contracts--Texas--Mental
health and mental retardation facilities--1984-1993.
Clippings--Texas--Mental
health and mental retardation facilities--1984-1993.
Audio
cassettes--Texas--Mental health and mental retardation
facilities--1984-1993.
Videotapes--Texas--Mental
health and mental retardation facilities--1984-1993.
Floppy
disks--Texas--Mental health and mental retardation facilities--1984-1993.
Functions:
Advising on closing mental
health/mental retardation facilities.
Related Material
The following materials are offered as
possible sources of further information on the agencies and subjects covered by
the records. The listing is not exhaustive.
Texas State
Archives
See also other records of the individual Texas governors and
the Texas Office of the Governor.
Texas, Board of Mental Health and Mental Retardation,
Minutes, 1965-1984, 1992-2000, 8.94 cubic ft.
Processing Information
Paul Beck, April 1995
Accession Information
Accession numbers: 1993/117, 1995/053
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Office of Budget and Planning in the Office of the Governor on February 2, 1993
and January 13, 1995.
Executive administration,
1989-1993
1995/053-1
Task Force Executive Reports - Master
Copies:
1995/053-1
State Schools,
March 31, 1992
1995/053-1
State Hospitals,
October 26, 1992
1995/053-1
State Centers,
December 1, 1992
1995/053-1
Consultant Contracts,
1991-1992
1995/053-1
Task Force Members' Resumes,
1991
1995/053-1
Task Force Meeting Transcripts:
1995/053-1
October 29, 1991
1995/053-1
November 14, 1991
1995/053-1
March 4-5, 1992
1995/053-1
March 31, 1992
1995/053-1
May 19, 1992
1995/053-1
June 10, 1992
1995/053-1
September 3, 1992
1995/053-1
November 13, 1992
1995/053-1
Pam Diamond Study and Data, re: State Hospital Usage,
1992
1995/053-2
Correspondence:
1995/053-2
Task Force Members,
1991-1992
1995/053-2
Legislators,
1989-1992
1995/053-2
TDMHMR [Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental
Retardation],
1991-1992
1995/053-2
Executive Report and Amendment,
1992
1995/053-2
General - Incoming/Outgoing,
1991-1993
1995/053-2
Pro Closure,
1991-1992
1995/053-2
FAX Cover Sheets,
1991-1992
1995/053-2
Mental Retardation Community Position Placement Papers,
1989-1991
1995/053-2
Leszl v. Kavanagh
Settlement Agreement/Injunction,
1991-1993
1995/053-2
Task Force Meetings:
1995/053-2
Notices of Open Meetings,
1991-1992
1995/053-2
Written Testimony,
November 14, 1991
1995/053-2
Submitted Testimony,
December 13, 1991
1995/053-2
Written Testimony,
March 4-5, 1992
1995/053-5
Task Force Members Travel Records,
1991-1992
1995/053-5
Budget and Revisions,
1991-1992
1995/053-5
Grant Information,
1991-1993
1995/053-5
State Center Information,
1992
1995/053-5
ICF/MR [Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally
Retarded] Participation Standards,
1990-1992
1995/053-5
Internship Application/Information,
1992
1995/053-5
Mailing List,
1991-1992
State schools,
1990-1992
1993/117-1
Task Force Meeting Files:
1993/117-1
Briefing Book on Texas MHMR State Schools,
1991
1993/117-1
October 29, 1991: Meeting
1993/117-1
Transcript
1993/117-1
Briefing Book
1993/117-1
November 14, 1991: Meeting,
1993/117-1
Transcript and Audio Cassette Tapes
1993/117-1
December 13, 1991: Meeting,
1993/117-1
Audio Cassette Tapes
1993/117-1
Briefing Book
1993/117-1
January 8, 1992: Meeting,
1993/117-1
Audio Cassette Tapes
1993/117-1
March 4-5, 1992: Meeting,
1993/117-1
Transcript
1993/117-1
Briefing Book
1993/117-1
Audio Cassette Tapes
1993/117-1
March 31, 1992: Emergency Meeting,
1993/117-1
Audio Cassette Tape
1993/117-1
Transcript
1993/117-1
Media Updates,
1991-1992
1993/117-2
Letters of Support, Reports, Resolutions,
Etc.:
1993/117-2
Abilene State School,
1992
1993/117-2
Austin State School,
1991-1992
1993/117-2
Brenham State School,
1990-1991
1993/117-2
Corpus Christi State School,
1991-1992
1993/117-2
Denton State School,
1992
1993/117-2
Fort Worth State School,
1991-1992
1993/117-2
Lubbock State School,
1991-1992
1993/117-2
Lufkin State School,
1992
1993/117-3
Mexia State School,
1991-1992
[2 folders]
1993/117-3
Richmond State School,
1991-1992
[includes videotape]
1993/117-3
San Angelo State School,
1992
1993/117-3
San Antonio State School,
1992
1993/117-3
Travis State School,
1992
1993/117-4
Research Files:
1993/117-4
Assorted Newspapers,
1992
1993/117-4
State School Closure Plan,
1992
1993/117-4
State School Cost Information,
1991-1992
1993/117-4
TDMHMR Facility Master Plan,
1991-1992
1993/117-4
Economic Impact,
1992
1993/117-4
Land Use/Deeds,
1991-1992
1993/117-4
Drafts of State School Executive Report,
1992
1993/117-4
Miscellaneous State School Information,
1991-1992
1993/117-4
Task Force Staff Notes,
1991-1992
State hospitals,
1991-1992
1993/117-5
Correspondence:
1993/117-5
Task Force Members,
July-December 1992
1993/117-5
TDMHMR, Incoming/Outgoing,
1992
1993/117-5
FAX Cover Sheets,
1992
1993/117-5
TXMHMR State Hospitals, General Correspondence,
1991-1992
1993/117-5
State Hospital General Information,
1992
1993/117-5
General Land Office Report,
1992
1993/117-5
Briefing Book on TXMHMR State Hospitals,
May 1992
1993/117-5
Task Force Meeting Files with Transcripts:
1993/117-5
Informational Meeting,
May 19, 1992
1993/117-5
July 10, 1992
1993/117-5
September 3, 1992
1993/117-5
November 13, 1992
1993/117-6
Austin State Hospital,
1992
1993/117-6
Big Spring State Hospital,
1992
1993/117-6
Kerrville State Hospital,
1991-1992
1993/117-6
Rusk State Hospital,
1992
1993/117-6
San Antonio State Hospital,
1992
1993/117-6
Terrell State Hospital,
1992
1993/117-6
Vernon State Hospital,
1992
1993/117-6
Wichita Falls State Hospital,
1992
1993/117-6
Waco Center for Youth,
1991-1992
State centers,
1986-1992
1993/117-6
State Centers - General Correspondence,
1986-1992
1993/117-6
General State Center Information,
1991-1992
1993/117-6
Legislation - State Centers,
1991
1993/117-6
Economic Impact Study,
1991-1992
1993/117-6
TXMHMR Local Study Group Reports on State Centers,
1988
1993/117-7
Amarillo State Center,
1992
1993/117-7
Texas Panhandle Mental Health Authority,
1991-1992
1993/117-7
Beaumont State Center,
1992
1993/117-7
E1 Paso State Center,
1992
1993/117-7
Laredo State Center,
1992
1993/117-7
Life Resource Center,
1992
1993/117-7
Life Management Center,
1992
1993/117-7
Rio Grande State Center,
1992
1993/117-7
Tropical Texas Center for MHMR,
1991-1992
1993/117-7
MHMR Authority of Harris County,
1992
1993/117-7
Tri-County MHMR,
1992
Research files and reports,
1966, 1984-1992
1993/117-7
Final Copy:
1993/117-7
State School Report,
1992
1993/117-7
State Hospital Report,
1992
1993/117-7
State Center Report,
1992
1993/117-7
Preliminary Study on State Centers,
1992
1993/117-8
“Helping the Mentally Retarded in
Texas:Recommendations on Texas Plan to Combat Mental Retardation,”
1966
1993/117-8
Mexia State School, assorted materials in support of
school,
1992
1993/117-8
R.A.J. v. Jones, settlement
agreement,
1992
1993/117-8
Drafts of State Hospital Report,
1992
1993/117-8
Miscellaneous State Hospital Information,
1992
1993/117-8
San Angelo State School support forms,
1992
1995/053-3
Mental Health Service Delivery in Texas - Assorted
Reports,
1989-1991
1995/053-3
Excerpts from Ronald Luke's Dissertation,
1992
1995/053-3
Goodrick, David [Consultant]. Assorted Papers,
1990-1991
1995/053-3
Rienstra, Jan. Reports,
1988-1990
1995/053-3
Mental Health Service Delivery in Other States,
Maryland-Wyoming [not inclusive],
1987-1992
1995/053-3
NCSL [National Conference of State Legislatures]
State-Federal Assembly,
1991
1995/053-4
Assorted Articles and Reports on Treating the Mentally
Ill and State Hospitals,
1989-1992
1995/053-4
NIMH [National Institute of Mental Health] Statistical
Notes,
1991
1995/053-4
Local Study Group Reports on Sunset Advisory Commission
Evaluation of TDMHMR [Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental
Retardation],
1988
1995/053-4
Texas Sunset Advisory Commission Report on TDMHMR,
1986
1995/053-4
Miscellaneous Papers on Mental Retardation,
1985-1991
1995/053-4
Mental Retardation Service Delivery in the State of
Texas,
1988-1991
1995/053-4
Closure of State Schools in Other States,
1984-1991
1995/053-4
Baddock, David. Assorted Papers,
1991
Media clippings on task force activities,
1991-1992
1993/117-9
State Schools Clippings,
1991-1992
1993/117-9
State Hospitals Clippings,
1991-1992
1993/117-9
State Centers Clippings,
1991-1992
1993/117-9
Media Updates:
1993/117-9
August 1, 1992 - December 1,
1992
1993/117-9
December 15, 1992 - February 15,
1992
1993/117-9
March 1, 1992 - May 1, 1992
1993/117-9
May 15, 1992 - August 15, 1992
1993/117-9
September 1, 1992 - December 15,
1992