87(R) SB 454 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
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AN ACT
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relating to mental health services development plans as updated by |
 
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the Health and Human Services Commission and local mental health |
 
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authority groups. |
 
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             BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
 
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             SECTION  1.    Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is |
 
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amended by adding Section 531.0222 to read as follows: |
 
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             Sec.  531.0222.    LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY GROUP REGIONAL |
 
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PLANNING. (a) In this section, "local mental health authority |
 
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group" means a group of local mental health authorities established |
 
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by the commission under Chapter 963 (S.B. 633), Acts of the 86th |
 
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2019. |
 
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             (b)    The commission shall require each local mental health |
 
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authority group to meet at least quarterly to collaborate on |
 
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planning and implementing regional strategies to reduce: |
 
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                         (1)    costs to local governments of providing services |
 
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to persons experiencing a mental health crisis; |
 
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                         (2)    transportation to mental health facilities of |
 
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persons served by an authority that is a member of the group; |
 
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                         (3)    incarceration of persons with mental illness in |
 
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county jails that are located in an area served by an authority that |
 
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is a member of the group; and |
 
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                         (4)    visits by persons with mental illness at hospital |
 
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emergency rooms located in an area served by an authority that is a |
 
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member of the group. |
 
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             (c)    The commission shall use federal funds in accordance |
 
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with state and federal guidelines to implement this section. |
 
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             (d)    The commission, in coordination with each local mental |
 
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health authority group, shall annually update the mental health |
 
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services development plan that was initially developed by the |
 
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commission and each local mental health authority group under |
 
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Chapter 963 (S.B. 633), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular |
 
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Session, 2019. The commission and each group's updated plan must |
 
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include a description of: |
 
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                         (1)    actions taken by the group to implement regional |
 
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strategies in the plan; and |
 
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                         (2)    new regional strategies identified by the group to |
 
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reduce the circumstances described by Subsection (b), including the |
 
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estimated number of outpatient and inpatient beds necessary to meet |
 
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the goals of each group's regional strategy. |
 
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             (e)    Not later than December 1 of each year, the commission |
 
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shall produce and publish on its Internet website a report |
 
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containing the most recent version of each mental health services |
 
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development plan developed by the commission and a local mental |
 
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health authority group. |
 
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             SECTION  2.    Notwithstanding Section 531.0222, Government |
 
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Code, as added by this Act, a local mental health authority group |
 
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and the Health and Human Services Commission are not required to |
 
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produce or publish a report required by that section before |
 
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December 1, 2022. |
 
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             SECTION  3.    This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
 
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
 
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.    If this |
 
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
 
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Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the |
 
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legislative session. |
 
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     President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House           |
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             I hereby certify that S.B.  No.  454 passed the Senate on |
 
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April  13,  2021, by the following vote:    Yeas  31, Nays  0. |
 
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Secretary of the Senate         |
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             I hereby certify that S.B.  No.  454 passed the House on |
 
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May  18,  2021, by the following vote:    Yeas  135, Nays  2, two |
 
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present not voting. |
 
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Chief Clerk of the House       |
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Approved: |
 
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