Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1		-	By: Thompson of Harris, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.J.R. No. 5
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 16, 2019;
3		-	May 1, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Finance;
4		-	May 19, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
5		-	Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 2; May 19, 2019,
6		-	sent to printer.)
7		-	Click here to see the committee vote
8		-	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.J.R. No. 5 By: Kolkhorst
	1	+	By: Thompson of Harris, Bonnen of Galveston, H.J.R. No. 5
	2	+	Coleman, Phelan, Moody, et al.
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11		-	~~HOUSE~~ JOINT RESOLUTION
	5	+	A JOINT RESOLUTION
12	6		proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the dedication
13	7		of certain sales and use tax revenue to the Texas mental and
14	8		behavioral health research fund established to fund research,
15	9		treatment, and access to services in this state for behavioral
16	10		health, mental health, and substance use and addiction issues.
17	11		BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
18	12		SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by
19	13		adding Section 68 to read as follows:
20	14		Sec. 68. The Texas mental and behavioral health research
21	15		fund is established in the state treasury and consists of money
22	16		transferred or deposited to the fund as provided by Section 7-c,
23	17		Article VIII, of this constitution, appropriations made to the fund
24	18		by the legislature, and all interest, dividends, and other income
25	19		of the fund. Money from the fund may be used as provided by general
26	20		law for the purpose of funding programs:
27	21		(1) to research behavioral health issues generally,
28	22		including causes of behavioral health issues, public health trends
29	23		and strategies regarding behavioral health issues, and new
30	24		behavioral health treatments, interventions, and other solutions;
31	25		(2) to research substance use and addiction issues,
32	26		including genetic determinates of addiction, identification of and
33	27		mitigation of substance use and addiction risk factors, addiction
34		-	recovery, and prescription practices;
	28	+	recovery, pain management strategies, and prescription practices;
35	29		(3) to research behavioral health and mental health
36	30		issues affecting children and adolescents, including unidentified
37	31		and untreated mental illness, involvement in the juvenile justice
38	32		system, and suicide prevention; and
39	33		(4) to address the shortage of mental health
40	34		professionals in this state, including programs to increase access
41	35		to mental health professionals in this state, programs to increase
42	36		the use of telemedicine in the treatment of behavioral health or
43	37		mental health issues, and programs to provide loan repayment
44	38		assistance and other funding for mental health professionals,
45	39		including physicians and advanced practice nurses trained in the
46	40		prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness in children
47	41		and adolescents.
48	42		SECTION 2. Section 7-c, Article VIII, Texas Constitution,
49		-	is amended by adding Subsections (b-1), (d-1), and (d-2) to read as
50		-	follows:
51		-	(b-1) Subject to Subsections (d-1) and (d-2) of this
52		-	section, in each state fiscal year, the comptroller of public
53		-	accounts shall deposit to the credit of the Texas mental and
54		-	behavioral health research fund $100 million of the net revenue
55		-	derived from the imposition of the state sales and use tax on the
56		-	sale, storage, use, or other consumption in this state of taxable
57		-	items under Chapter 151, Tax Code, or its successor, that exceeds
58		-	the amount of $35.04 billion of that revenue coming into the
59		-	treasury for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2019, and
60		-	$36.16 billion of that revenue coming into the state treasury in
61		-	each subsequent state fiscal year.
	43	+	is amended by adding Subsections (b-1) and (d-1) to read as follows:
	44	+	(b-1) Subject to Subsection (d-1) of this section, in each
	45	+	state fiscal year, the comptroller of public accounts shall deposit
	46	+	to the credit of the Texas mental and behavioral health research
	47	+	fund $100 million of the net revenue derived from the imposition of
	48	+	the state sales and use tax on the sale, storage, use, or other
	49	+	consumption in this state of taxable items under Chapter 151, Tax
	50	+	Code, or its successor, that exceeds the amount of $30.5 billion of
	51	+	that revenue coming into the treasury in that state fiscal year.
62	52		(d-1) The legislature by adoption of a resolution approved
63	53		by a record vote of two-thirds of the members of each house of the
64	54		legislature may direct the comptroller of public accounts to reduce
65	55		the amount of money deposited to the credit of the Texas mental and
66	56		behavioral health research fund under Subsection (b-1) of this
67	57		section. The comptroller may be directed to make that reduction
68	58		only:
69	59		(1) in the state fiscal year in which the resolution is
70	60		adopted, or in either of the following two state fiscal years; and
71	61		(2) by an amount or percentage that does not result in
72	62		a reduction of more than 50 percent of the amount that would
73	63		otherwise be deposited to the fund in the affected state fiscal year
74	64		under Subsection (b-1) of this section.
75		-	(d-2) The duty of the comptroller of public accounts to make
76		-	a deposit under Subsection (b-1) of this section expires August 31,
77		-	2030.
78	65		SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
79	66		submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2019.
80	67		The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
81	68		proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing for the
82	69		dedication of certain sales and use tax revenue to the Texas mental
83	70		and behavioral health research fund established to fund research,
84	71		treatment, and access to services in this state for behavioral
85	72		health, mental health, and substance use and addiction issues."
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