S.B. No. 294
AN ACT
relating to extending a local behavioral health intervention pilot
project.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsections (f) and (j), Section 1, Chapter 356
(H.B. 1232), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009,
are amended to read as follows:
(f) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year[,
2012], the local mental health authority involved in the pilot
project shall submit a report to the department regarding the local
behavioral health intervention pilot project, including:
(1) a comprehensive analysis of the efficacy of the
project; and
(2) the local authority's findings and
recommendations.
(j) This Act expires September 1, 2023 [2013].
SECTION 2. (a) It is the intent of the legislature that
amendments to Chapter 356 (H.B. 1232), Acts of the 81st
Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, made by this Act and any other
amendments to that chapter made by another Act of the 83rd
Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, shall be harmonized, if
possible, as provided by Subsection (b), Section 311.025,
Government Code, so that effect may be given to each amendment.
(b) If an amendment to Chapter 356 (H.B. 1232), Acts of the
81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, made by this Act and an
amendment to that chapter made by another Act of the 83rd
Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, are irreconcilable, it is the
intent of the legislature that the amendment to Chapter 356 (H.B.
1232), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, made by
this Act prevail, regardless of the relative effective dates or
dates of enactment of the irreconcilable amendments.
SECTION 3. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
legislative session.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 294 passed the Senate on
March 21, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 294 passed the House on
May 1, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 4, one present
not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor