| 1 | 1 | | 85R3562 SMT-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: White H.B. No. 562 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to a committee formed to adopt a plan to deal with mental |
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| 8 | 8 | | illness in the criminal justice system. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 7, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Chapter 580 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | CHAPTER 580. LOCAL COMMITTEE ON MENTAL HEALTH |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 580.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) "Committee" means a local committee on mental |
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| 15 | 15 | | health formed by a local mental health authority. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (2) "Department" means the Department of State Health |
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| 17 | 17 | | Services. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (3) "Region" means the local service area for which a |
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| 19 | 19 | | local mental health authority designated under Section 533.035 is |
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| 20 | 20 | | responsible. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Sec. 580.002. LOCAL COMMITTEE ON MENTAL HEALTH. (a) Each |
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| 22 | 22 | | local mental health authority shall form a local committee on |
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| 23 | 23 | | mental health encompassing the authority's region. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (b) The committee shall develop and adopt a plan and submit |
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| 25 | 25 | | the plan to the department not later than January 1, 2019. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Sec. 580.003. COMPOSITION OF COMMITTEE. The local mental |
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| 27 | 27 | | health authority shall appoint the following members to the |
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| 28 | 28 | | committee, if present in the region: |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) a county judge or a county commissioner to serve as |
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| 30 | 30 | | committee chair; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) a representative from each sheriff's department; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (3) a representative from each district attorney's |
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| 33 | 33 | | office; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (4) a representative from the Department of Family and |
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| 35 | 35 | | Protective Services' child protection division; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (5) a representative from the Department of Family and |
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| 37 | 37 | | Protective Services' adult protection division; |
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| 38 | 38 | | (6) a representative from each adult probation office; |
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| 39 | 39 | | (7) a representative from the local mental health |
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| 40 | 40 | | authority; |
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| 41 | 41 | | (8) a criminal trial judge; |
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| 42 | 42 | | (9) an arraignment magistrate; |
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| 43 | 43 | | (10) a representative from a faith-based or nonprofit |
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| 44 | 44 | | organization; |
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| 45 | 45 | | (11) a county veteran coordinator; |
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| 46 | 46 | | (12) a representative from a private hospital; and |
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| 47 | 47 | | (13) a representative from a public hospital. |
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| 48 | 48 | | Sec. 580.004. DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN. (a) The committee shall |
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| 49 | 49 | | develop and adopt a plan identifying: |
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| 50 | 50 | | (1) the population of county jail inmates with mental |
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| 51 | 51 | | illness; |
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| 52 | 52 | | (2) a measurable goal for reducing the population of |
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| 53 | 53 | | county jail inmates with mental illness within two years; |
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| 54 | 54 | | (3) a method for improving indigent defense for |
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| 55 | 55 | | persons with a mental illness who have been accused of a crime; |
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| 56 | 56 | | (4) a method for addressing mental illness among |
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| 57 | 57 | | veterans; |
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| 58 | 58 | | (5) a method for quickly identifying and diverting |
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| 59 | 59 | | persons with mental illness from the criminal justice system; and |
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| 60 | 60 | | (6) a method for providing community supervision to |
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| 61 | 61 | | reduce recidivism among criminogenic superutilizers of mental |
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| 62 | 62 | | health resources. |
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| 63 | 63 | | (b) The committee must unanimously agree on the adopted |
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| 64 | 64 | | plan. |
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| 65 | 65 | | Sec. 580.005. DISSOLUTION OF COMMITTEE. The committee |
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| 66 | 66 | | shall dissolve after the committee submits its plan to the |
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| 67 | 67 | | department. |
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| 68 | 68 | | Sec. 580.006. CONDITION TO RECEIVE CONTINUED STATE FUNDING |
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| 69 | 69 | | FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. The department may not distribute to a local |
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| 70 | 70 | | mental health authority state funds for mental or behavioral health |
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| 71 | 71 | | services for the fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2019, |
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| 72 | 72 | | unless the authority's committee has submitted to the department |
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| 73 | 73 | | its plan on or before January 1, 2019. |
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| 74 | 74 | | Sec. 580.007. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires August 31, |
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| 75 | 75 | | 2021. |
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| 76 | 76 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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