The bill, H.B. No. 1819, aims to amend the Government Code to establish new conditions for matching grants provided to community mental health programs that assist veterans and their families. Specifically, it modifies the matching grant conditions for single counties and multiple counties. For single counties, the bill stipulates that a grant recipient must provide non-state funds equal to 25% of the grant amount if the county's population is less than 100,000, or 50% if the population is 100,000 or more. The previous requirement for counties with populations of 250,000 or more has been removed. Similarly, for programs serving multiple counties, the same matching fund percentages apply based on the largest county's population, with the previous population thresholds also deleted.

The bill specifies that these changes will only apply to grants awarded on or after the effective date of the Act, which is September 1, 2025. Additionally, the implementation of these changes by the Health and Human Services Commission is contingent upon the legislature appropriating sufficient funds for that purpose. If such funds are not appropriated, the commission may choose to implement the changes using other available resources.