CTL. COUNS. CNR. M. H. AND MENTAL RETARDATION SERV. v. RODRIGUEZ

No. 01-0402.

106 S.W.3d 702 (2003)

CENTRAL COUNTIES CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION SERVICES, Petitioner, v. Karen RODRIGUEZ, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

March 6, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin D. Jewell, William S. Helfand, Mangenheim, Bateman & Helfand, P.L.L.C., Houston, Rachel Denise Ziolkowski, Jackson, Lewis, Schnitzler & Krupman, Dallas, for Petitioner.

Martin Jay Cirkiel, Cirkiel & Associates, Round Rock, Roger D. Button, Dallas, for Respondent.


PER CURIAM.

The sole issue in this case is whether section 321.003 of the Texas Health and Safety Code evidences the Legislature's intent to clearly and unambiguously waive the State's governmental immunity. Central Counties Center for Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services is a governmental unit, as defined by statute, and is thus entitled to assert governmental immunity. Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem.Code § 101.001(3). Karen Rodriguez sued Central

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