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| 1 | + | 86R10849 EAS-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Murr H.B. No. 3675 | |
| 3 | - | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3675: | |
| 4 | - | By: Clardy C.S.H.B. No. 3675 | |
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| 6 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 7 | relating to the provision of food service, laundry service, and | |
| 10 | 8 | lawn care to certain mental health facilities and state supported | |
| 11 | 9 | living centers. | |
| 12 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 13 | 11 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 551, Health and Safety | |
| 14 | 12 | Code, is amended by adding Section 551.008 to read as follows: | |
| 15 | 13 | Sec. 551.008. REGIONAL LAUNDRY CENTERS. A regional laundry | |
| 16 | 14 | center operated by the commission to provide laundry services to | |
| 17 | 15 | department facilities may contract with federal agencies, other | |
| 18 | 16 | state agencies, or local political subdivisions to provide or | |
| 19 | 17 | receive laundry services. | |
| 20 | 18 | SECTION 2. Section 551.009(c), Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 21 | 19 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 22 | - | (c) The local mental health authority shall contract | |
| 23 | - | Kerrville State Hospital to provide food service, laundry | |
| 24 | - | and lawn care to the local mental health authority | |
| 25 | - | crisis stabilization unit on the grounds of the | |
| 26 | - | Hospital as provided by this section. | |
| 20 | + | (c) The local mental health authority may [shall] contract | |
| 21 | + | with Kerrville State Hospital to provide food service, laundry | |
| 22 | + | service, and lawn care to the local mental health authority | |
| 23 | + | operating a crisis stabilization unit on the grounds of the | |
| 24 | + | Kerrville State Hospital as provided by this section. | |
| 27 | 25 | SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act | |
| 28 | 26 | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a | |
| 29 | 27 | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, | |
| 30 | 28 | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or | |
| 31 | 29 | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the | |
| 32 | 30 | waiver or authorization is granted. | |
| 33 | 31 | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 34 | 32 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 35 | 33 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 36 | 34 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 37 | 35 | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |