87R5464 JG-F
By: Hernandez, Coleman H.B. No. 2251
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to matching fund requirements for an entity to receive a
community collaborative grant.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 539.002(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the department
shall require each entity awarded a grant under this section to:
(1) leverage additional funding or in-kind
contributions from private sources or local governmental sources in
an amount that is at least equal to the amount of the grant awarded
under this section;
(2) provide evidence of significant coordination and
collaboration between the entity, local mental health authorities,
municipalities, local law enforcement agencies, and other
community stakeholders in establishing or expanding a community
collaborative funded by a grant awarded under this section; and
(3) provide evidence of a local law enforcement policy
to divert appropriate persons from jails or other detention
facilities to an entity affiliated with a community collaborative
for the purpose of providing services to those persons.
SECTION 2. Section 539.0051(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The governing body of a county shall develop and make
public a plan detailing:
(1) how local mental health authorities,
municipalities, local law enforcement agencies, and other
community stakeholders in the county could coordinate to establish
or expand a community collaborative to accomplish the goals of
Section 539.002;
(2) how entities in the county may leverage funding
from private sources or local governmental sources to accomplish
the goals of Section 539.002 through the formation or expansion of a
community collaborative; and
(3) how the formation or expansion of a community
collaborative could establish or support resources or services to
help local law enforcement agencies to divert persons who have been
arrested to appropriate mental health care or substance abuse
treatment.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.