| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 3821 |
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| 1 | + | By: Hunter (Senate Sponsor - Menéndez) H.B. No. 3821 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2021; |
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| 3 | + | May 12, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Health & |
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| 4 | + | Human Services; May 21, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable |
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| 5 | + | Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; |
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| 6 | + | May 21, 2021, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 8 | + | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3821 By: Perry |
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| 4 | 12 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 13 | | relating to employing and training mental health professionals for |
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| 6 | 14 | | the mental health program for veterans. |
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| 7 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 16 | | SECTION 1. Sections 434.352(a) and (b), Government Code, |
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| 9 | 17 | | are amended to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 18 | | (a) The commission and the Health and Human [Department of |
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| 11 | 19 | | State Health] Services Commission shall coordinate to administer |
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| 12 | 20 | | the mental health program for veterans developed under Chapter |
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| 13 | 21 | | 1001, Health and Safety Code. |
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| 14 | 22 | | (b) For the mental health program for veterans, the |
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| 15 | 23 | | commission shall: |
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| 16 | 24 | | (1) provide training to peer service coordinators and |
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| 17 | 25 | | peers in accordance with Section 434.353; |
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| 18 | 26 | | (2) provide technical assistance to peer service |
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| 19 | 27 | | coordinators and peers; |
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| 20 | 28 | | (3) identify, train, and communicate with |
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| 21 | 29 | | community-based licensed mental health professionals, |
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| 22 | 30 | | community-based organizations, and faith-based organizations; |
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| 23 | 31 | | (4) coordinate services for justice involved |
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| 24 | 32 | | veterans; [and] |
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| 25 | 33 | | (5) coordinate local delivery to veterans and |
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| 26 | 34 | | immediate family members of veterans of mental health first aid for |
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| 27 | 35 | | veterans training; and |
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| 28 | 36 | | (6) employ and train mental health professionals to |
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| 29 | 37 | | assist the Health and Human Services Commission in the |
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| 30 | 38 | | administration of the program. |
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| 31 | 39 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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| 32 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 33 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 34 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 3821 was passed by the House on May 8, |
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| 35 | | - | 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 125, Nays 14, 2 present, not |
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| 36 | | - | voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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| 37 | | - | No. 3821 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, |
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| 38 | | - | 1 present, not voting. |
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| 39 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 40 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 41 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 3821 was passed by the Senate, with |
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| 42 | | - | amendments, on May 24, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays |
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| 43 | | - | 0. |
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| 44 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 46 | | - | APPROVED: __________________ |
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| 47 | | - | Date |
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| 48 | | - | __________________ |
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| 49 | | - | Governor |
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| 40 | + | * * * * * |
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