By: Coleman H.B. No. 3766
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to making available through the Internet certain
information about housing and treatment options in each county for
persons with mental illness.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 531.03132 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.03132. INTERNET ACCESS TO INFORMATION ON HOUSING
AND TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. (a) The
commission shall make available through the Texas Information and
Referral Network Internet website established under Section
531.0313 information regarding housing and treatment options for
persons with mental illness provided by public or private entities
throughout the state.
(b) To the extent resources are available, the website must
be:
(1) indexed by county; and
(2) designed to inform a person about the housing and
treatment options for persons with mental illness provided in the
area where the person lives, together with directions on how or
where to apply for housing and treatment.
(c) The website must contain a searchable listing of
available housing and treatment options, by type, for persons with
mental illness and an explanation of the populations of persons
with mental illness generally served by that option.
(d) The commissioners court of each county may provide for a
link to the website described by Subsection (a) on the county's
Internet website.
(e) Each entity providing housing or treatment specifically
for persons with mental illness in this state, including the
Department of State Health Services, municipalities, counties,
other political subdivisions of this state, and private entities,
shall cooperate with the Texas Information and Referral Network as
necessary in the administration of this section.
SECTION 2. 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.