The community center system was established after the passage of the Texas Mental Health and Mental Retardation Action in 1965. The purpose of community center is to provide services to people with mental disabilities in an effort to allow them to live and work in the community. The Heart of Texas Region MHMR Center was established by local taxing authorities in 1968 and is currently sponsored by McLennan, Limestone, Hill, and Bosque Counties. We serve a six county area including McLennan, Limestone, Hill, Bosque, Freestone and Falls Counties. We provide services under contracts with federal, state, and other entities to individuals with a mental illness and/or a developmental disability identified as priority population. We also serve developmentally delayed children. The Center was renamed Heart of Texas Behavioral Health Network (doing business as the Heart of Texas Region MHMR Center) in December 2021 in a rebranding action approved by the Center’s Board of Trustees. The Center also earned Texas Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) status in December, 2021. The Center employs around 450 full and part-time staff and is governed by a nine member Board of Trustees appointed by county commissioners.