| 1 | 1 | | 86R14151 JG-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1790 |
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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 peer specialists and the provision of peer services to |
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| 8 | 8 | | individuals with an intellectual or developmental disability. |
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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. Sections 531.0999(a) and (b), Government Code, |
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| 11 | 11 | | as added by Chapter 1015 (H.B. 1486), Acts of the 85th Legislature, |
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| 12 | 12 | | Regular Session, 2017, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) With input from mental health, intellectual or |
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| 14 | 14 | | developmental disability, and substance use peer specialists and |
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| 15 | 15 | | the work group described by Subsection (b), the commission shall |
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| 16 | 16 | | develop and the executive commissioner shall adopt: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) rules that establish training requirements for |
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| 18 | 18 | | peer specialists so that they are able to provide services to |
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| 19 | 19 | | persons with a mental illness or intellectual or developmental |
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| 20 | 20 | | disability or services to persons with substance use conditions; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) rules that establish certification and |
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| 22 | 22 | | supervision requirements for peer specialists; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (3) rules that define the scope of services that peer |
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| 24 | 24 | | specialists may provide; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (4) rules that distinguish peer services from other |
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| 26 | 26 | | services that a person must hold a license to provide; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | (5) any other rules necessary to protect the health |
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| 28 | 28 | | and safety of persons receiving peer services. |
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| 29 | 29 | | (b) The commission shall establish a stakeholder work group |
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| 30 | 30 | | to provide input for the adoption of rules under Subsection |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a). The work group is composed of the following stakeholders |
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| 32 | 32 | | appointed by the executive commissioner: |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) one representative of each organization that |
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| 34 | 34 | | certifies mental health, intellectual or developmental disability, |
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| 35 | 35 | | and substance use peer specialists in this state; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2) three representatives of organizations that |
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| 37 | 37 | | employ mental health, intellectual or developmental disability, |
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| 38 | 38 | | and substance use peer specialists; |
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| 39 | 39 | | (3) one mental health peer specialist who works in an |
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| 40 | 40 | | urban area; |
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| 41 | 41 | | (4) one mental health peer specialist who works in a |
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| 42 | 42 | | rural area; |
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| 43 | 43 | | (5) one intellectual or developmental disability peer |
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| 44 | 44 | | specialist who works in an urban area; |
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| 45 | 45 | | (6) one intellectual or developmental disability peer |
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| 46 | 46 | | specialist who works in a rural area; |
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| 47 | 47 | | (7) one substance use peer specialist who works in an |
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| 48 | 48 | | urban area; |
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| 49 | 49 | | (8) [(6)] one substance use peer specialist who works |
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| 50 | 50 | | in a rural area; |
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| 51 | 51 | | (9) [(7)] one person who trains mental health peer |
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| 52 | 52 | | specialists; |
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| 53 | 53 | | (10) one person who trains intellectual or |
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| 54 | 54 | | developmental disability peer specialists; |
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| 55 | 55 | | (11) [(8)] one person who trains substance use peer |
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| 56 | 56 | | specialists; |
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| 57 | 57 | | (12) [(9)] three representatives of mental health and |
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| 58 | 58 | | addiction licensed health care professional groups who supervise |
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| 59 | 59 | | mental health, intellectual or developmental disability, and |
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| 60 | 60 | | substance use peer specialists; |
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| 61 | 61 | | (13) [(10)] to the extent possible, not more than |
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| 62 | 62 | | three persons with personal experience recovering from mental |
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| 63 | 63 | | illness, substance use conditions, or co-occurring mental illness |
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| 64 | 64 | | and substance use conditions or with personal experience living |
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| 65 | 65 | | with an intellectual or developmental disability; and |
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| 66 | 66 | | (14) [(11)] any other persons considered appropriate |
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| 67 | 67 | | by the executive commissioner. |
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| 68 | 68 | | SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 69 | 69 | | of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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| 70 | 70 | | Services Commission shall adopt rules as necessary to implement the |
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| 71 | 71 | | changes in law made by this Act. |
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| 72 | 72 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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