| 1 | 1 | | 86R6568 JG-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: White H.B. No. 1758 |
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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 grant program and interagency review of resources to |
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| 8 | 8 | | support and sustain recovery community organizations. |
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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. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 531.02253 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 531.02253. RECOVERY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION GRANT |
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| 13 | 13 | | PROGRAM. (a) In this section, "recovery community organization" |
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| 14 | 14 | | means a nonprofit organization that: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) mobilizes resources inside and outside of a local |
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| 16 | 16 | | community to increase the prevalence and quality of long-term |
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| 17 | 17 | | recovery for persons with substance use disorder and their family |
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| 18 | 18 | | members; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) is wholly or partly governed by members of the |
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| 20 | 20 | | local community: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (A) at least 40 percent of whom identify as a |
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| 22 | 22 | | person recovering from a substance use disorder; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | (B) at least 40 percent of whom identify as an |
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| 24 | 24 | | affected family member of a person recovering from a substance use |
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| 25 | 25 | | disorder. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (b) The commission shall develop and operate a grant program |
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| 27 | 27 | | to award grants to recovery community organizations to: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (1) establish a network of five recovery community |
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| 29 | 29 | | organizations in geographical areas throughout this state to |
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| 30 | 30 | | provide services in one or more counties with populations of not |
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| 31 | 31 | | more than 100,000; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) assist each recovery community organization |
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| 33 | 33 | | described by Subdivision (1) in developing: |
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| 34 | 34 | | (A) a structure of governance that aligns with |
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| 35 | 35 | | national best practice standards for substance use recovery |
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| 36 | 36 | | services; and |
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| 37 | 37 | | (B) a strategic plan to identify: |
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| 38 | 38 | | (i) available resources within a community |
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| 39 | 39 | | served by the recovery community organization; |
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| 40 | 40 | | (ii) the prioritized needs of a community |
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| 41 | 41 | | served by the recovery community organization; |
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| 42 | 42 | | (iii) recovery support solutions; and |
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| 43 | 43 | | (iv) short- and long-term goals for the |
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| 44 | 44 | | sustained operation of the recovery community organization and the |
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| 45 | 45 | | recovery of persons within a community served by the organization. |
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| 46 | 46 | | (c) The commission may provide a grant under Subsection (b) |
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| 47 | 47 | | only in accordance with a contract between the commission and the |
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| 48 | 48 | | recovery community organization. The contract must include |
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| 49 | 49 | | provisions under which the commission is granted sufficient control |
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| 50 | 50 | | to ensure the public purpose of substance use recovery is |
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| 51 | 51 | | accomplished and the state receives the return benefit. |
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| 52 | 52 | | (d) In addition to money appropriated by the legislature, |
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| 53 | 53 | | the commission may solicit and accept gifts, grants, or donations |
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| 54 | 54 | | from any source to administer or finance the grant program |
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| 55 | 55 | | established under this section. |
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| 56 | 56 | | SECTION 2. (a) In this section, "recovery community |
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| 57 | 57 | | organization" has the meaning assigned by Section 531.02253, |
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| 58 | 58 | | Government Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 59 | 59 | | (b) Each of the following state agencies shall identify |
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| 60 | 60 | | available resources under the state agency's control that may be |
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| 61 | 61 | | used to support and sustain recovery community organizations |
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| 62 | 62 | | throughout this state: |
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| 63 | 63 | | (1) the Health and Human Services Commission; |
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| 64 | 64 | | (2) the Department of State Health Services; |
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| 65 | 65 | | (3) the Department of Family and Protective Services; |
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| 66 | 66 | | (4) the Texas Education Agency; |
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| 67 | 67 | | (5) the Department of Agriculture; |
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| 68 | 68 | | (6) the Texas Department of Housing and Community |
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| 69 | 69 | | Affairs; |
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| 70 | 70 | | (7) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; |
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| 71 | 71 | | (8) the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; |
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| 72 | 72 | | (9) the Texas Veterans Commission; and |
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| 73 | 73 | | (10) the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. |
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| 74 | 74 | | (c) Not later than September 1, 2020, each state agency |
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| 75 | 75 | | described by Subsection (b) of this section shall prepare and |
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| 76 | 76 | | submit to the legislature a written report that outlines the |
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| 77 | 77 | | available resources identified by the state agency under Subsection |
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| 78 | 78 | | (b). |
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| 79 | 79 | | SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 80 | 80 | | of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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| 81 | 81 | | Services Commission shall adopt rules as necessary to implement |
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| 82 | 82 | | Section 531.02253, Government Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 83 | 83 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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