Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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	1	+	87R5464 JG-F
1	2		By: Hernandez, Coleman H.B. No. 2251
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4	5		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	6		AN ACT
6		-	relating to ~~funding of entities through the community collaborative~~
7		-	grant ~~program~~.
	7	+	relating to matching fund requirements for an entity to receive a
	8	+	community collaborative grant.
8	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	10		SECTION 1. Section 539.002(b), Government Code, is amended
10	11		to read as follows:
11	12		(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the department
12	13		shall require each entity awarded a grant under this section to:
13	14		(1) leverage additional funding or in-kind
14	15		contributions from private sources or local governmental sources in
15	16		an amount that is at least equal to the amount of the grant awarded
16	17		under this section;
17	18		(2) provide evidence of significant coordination and
18	19		collaboration between the entity, local mental health authorities,
19	20		municipalities, local law enforcement agencies, and other
20	21		community stakeholders in establishing or expanding a community
21	22		collaborative funded by a grant awarded under this section; and
22	23		(3) provide evidence of a local law enforcement policy
23	24		to divert appropriate persons from jails or other detention
24	25		facilities to an entity affiliated with a community collaborative
25	26		for the purpose of providing services to those persons.
26		-	SECTION 2. Section 539.003, Government Code, is amended to
27		-	read as follows:
28		-	Sec. 539.003. ACCEPTABLE USES OF GRANT MONEY. An entity
29		-	shall use money received from a grant made by the department and
30		-	private funding sources for the establishment or expansion of a
31		-	community collaborative[, provided that the collaborative must be
32		-	self-sustaining within seven years]. Acceptable uses for the money
33		-	include:
34		-	(1) the development of the infrastructure of the
35		-	collaborative and the start-up costs of the collaborative;
36		-	(2) the establishment, operation, or maintenance of
37		-	other community service providers in the community served by the
38		-	collaborative, including intake centers, detoxification units,
39		-	sheltering centers for food, workforce training centers,
40		-	microbusinesses, and educational centers;
41		-	(3) the provision of clothing, hygiene products, and
42		-	medical services to and the arrangement of transitional and
43		-	permanent residential housing for persons served by the
44		-	collaborative;
45		-	(4) the provision of mental health services and
46		-	substance abuse treatment not readily available in the community
47		-	served by the collaborative;
48		-	(5) the provision of information, tools, and resource
49		-	referrals to assist persons served by the collaborative in
50		-	addressing the needs of their children; and
51		-	(6) the establishment and operation of coordinated
52		-	intake processes, including triage procedures, to protect the
53		-	public safety in the community served by the collaborative.
54		-	SECTION 3. Section 539.0051(a), Government Code, is amended
	27	+	SECTION 2. Section 539.0051(a), Government Code, is amended
55	28		to read as follows:
56	29		(a) The governing body of a county shall develop and make
57	30		public a plan detailing:
58	31		(1) how local mental health authorities,
59	32		municipalities, local law enforcement agencies, and other
60	33		community stakeholders in the county could coordinate to establish
61	34		or expand a community collaborative to accomplish the goals of
62	35		Section 539.002;
63	36		(2) how entities in the county may leverage funding
64	37		from private sources or local governmental sources to accomplish
65	38		the goals of Section 539.002 through the formation or expansion of a
66	39		community collaborative; and
67	40		(3) how the formation or expansion of a community
68	41		collaborative could establish or support resources or services to
69	42		help local law enforcement agencies to divert persons who have been
70	43		arrested to appropriate mental health care or substance abuse
71	44		treatment.
72		-	SECTION 4. Section 539.007, Government Code, is amended to
73		-	read as follows:
74		-	Sec. 539.007. REDUCTION AND CESSATION OF FUNDING. The
75		-	department shall establish processes by which the department may
76		-	reduce or cease providing funding to an entity if the community
77		-	collaborative operated by the entity does not meet the outcome
78		-	measures selected by the entity for the collaborative under Section
79		-	539.005 [or is not self-sustaining after seven years]. The
80		-	department shall redistribute any funds withheld from an entity
81		-	under this section to other entities operating high-performing
82		-	collaboratives on a competitive basis.
83		-	SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply to a
84		-	grant awarded on or after the effective date of this Act. A grant
85		-	awarded under a provision amended by this Act is governed by the law
86		-	in effect on the date the grant was awarded, and the former law is
87		-	continued in effect for that purpose.
88		-	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
	45	+	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.