H.B. No. 1023
AN ACT
relating to recommendations by the Health and Human Services
Commission or a designated health and human services agency
regarding mental health workforce shortages.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. RECOMMENDATIONS ON MENTAL HEALTH WORKFORCE
SHORTAGE. (a) The Health and Human Services Commission, or a
health and human services agency designated by the commission,
shall use existing information and data available through the
commission, the Department of State Health Services, the statewide
health coordinating council, and nongovernmental entities with
expertise in mental health workforce issues to make recommendations
regarding mental health workforce shortages in this state.
(b) Not later than September 1, 2014, the Health and Human
Services Commission, or the health and human services agency
designated by the commission, shall submit a report to the
governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of
representatives, and the appropriate standing committees of the
legislature that includes:
(1) specific recommendations to alleviate mental
health workforce shortages in this state;
(2) an assessment of the feasibility of implementing
each recommendation;
(3) the estimated costs and benefits of each
recommendation; and
(4) the specific legislative action, if any, needed to
implement each recommendation.
SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect
immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members
elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas
Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for
immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1023 was passed by the House on April
25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 3, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 1023 on May 24, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 2,
2 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1023 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor