History of the Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools Board

Published: 1976

Updated: July 26, 2020

The Board for Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools was established by the Fifty-first Legislature in the spring of 1949 to govern the state hospitals and state schools formerly under the jurisdiction of the Board of Control. A nine-member board, of which no more than three could be physicians, was appointed by the governor, with concurrence by the Senate, to six-year overlapping terms. The board approved budgets for the central office and each individual institution. In 1956 the board exercised oversight of twenty-two hospitals and special schools. It was abolished in 1965 and its duties transferred to other departments, primarily the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation.

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Anonymous, “Board for Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed April 11, 2026, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/board-for-texas-state-hospitals-and-special-schools.

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Original Publication Date:: 1976
Most Recent Revision Date:: July 26, 2020

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