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| 5 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 9 | | relating to requiring entities that provide mental health services |
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| 8 | 10 | | to veterans or veterans' families to provide military informed care |
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| 9 | 11 | | or military cultural competency training to certain entity |
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| 10 | 12 | | personnel to accept a grant from a state agency. |
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| 11 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Section 434.352, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 13 | 15 | | adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 16 | | (e) A state agency may not award a grant to an entity for the |
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| 15 | 17 | | provision of mental health services to veterans or veterans' |
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| 16 | 18 | | families unless the entity demonstrates that the entity: |
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| 17 | 19 | | (1) has previously received and successfully executed |
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| 18 | 20 | | a grant from the state agency; or |
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| 19 | 21 | | (2) provides training on military informed care or |
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| 20 | 22 | | military cultural competency to entity personnel who provide mental |
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| 21 | 23 | | health services to veterans or veterans' families or requires those |
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| 22 | 24 | | personnel to complete military competency training provided by any |
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| 23 | 25 | | of the following: |
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| 24 | 26 | | (A) the commission; |
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| 25 | 27 | | (B) the Health and Human Services Commission; |
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| 26 | 28 | | (C) the Military Veteran Peer Network; |
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| 27 | 29 | | (D) the Substance Abuse and Mental Health |
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| 28 | 30 | | Services Administration within the United States Department of |
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| 29 | 31 | | Health and Human Services; |
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| 30 | 32 | | (E) the United States Department of Defense; |
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| 31 | 33 | | (F) the United States Department of Veterans |
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| 32 | 34 | | Affairs; or |
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| 33 | 35 | | (G) a nonprofit organization that is exempt from |
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| 34 | 36 | | federal income taxation under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code |
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| 35 | 37 | | of 1986, as amended, by being listed as an exempt entity under |
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| 36 | 38 | | Section 501(c)(3), with experience in providing training or |
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| 37 | 39 | | technical assistance to entities that provide mental health |
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| 38 | 40 | | services to veterans or veterans' families. |
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| 39 | 41 | | (f) The commission and the Department of State Health |
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| 40 | 42 | | Services shall jointly undertake to ensure that a state agency that |
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| 41 | 43 | | may award a grant subject to the requirements of Subsection (e) has |
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| 42 | 44 | | adopted policies to ensure compliance with Subsection (e). |
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| 43 | 45 | | SECTION 2. The heading to Subchapter I, Chapter 1001, |
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| 44 | 46 | | Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 45 | 47 | | SUBCHAPTER I. MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES [PROGRAM] FOR VETERANS |
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| 46 | 48 | | SECTION 3. Subchapter I, Chapter 1001, Health and Safety |
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| 47 | 49 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 1001.225 to read as follows: |
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| 48 | 50 | | Sec. 1001.225. LIMITATION ON GRANTS. The department may |
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| 49 | 51 | | not award a grant to an entity for the provision of mental health |
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| 50 | 52 | | services to veterans or veterans' families unless the entity |
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| 51 | 53 | | demonstrates that the entity: |
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| 52 | 54 | | (1) has previously received and successfully executed |
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| 53 | 55 | | a grant from the department; or |
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| 54 | 56 | | (2) provides training on military informed care or |
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| 55 | 57 | | military cultural competency to entity personnel who provide |
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| 56 | 58 | | mental health services to veterans or veterans' families or |
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| 57 | 59 | | requires those personnel to complete military competency training |
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| 58 | 60 | | provided by any of the following: |
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| 59 | 61 | | (A) the Texas Veterans Commission; |
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| 60 | 62 | | (B) the commission; |
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| 61 | 63 | | (C) the Military Veteran Peer Network; |
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| 62 | 64 | | (D) the Substance Abuse and Mental Health |
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| 63 | 65 | | Services Administration within the United States Department of |
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| 64 | 66 | | Health and Human Services; |
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| 65 | 67 | | (E) the United States Department of Defense; |
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| 66 | 68 | | (F) the United States Department of Veterans |
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| 67 | 69 | | Affairs; or |
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| 68 | 70 | | (G) a nonprofit organization that is exempt from |
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| 69 | 71 | | federal income taxation under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code |
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| 70 | 72 | | of 1986, as amended, by being listed as an exempt entity under |
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| 71 | 73 | | Section 501(c)(3), with experience in providing training or |
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| 72 | 74 | | technical assistance to entities that provide mental health |
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| 73 | 75 | | services to veterans or veterans' families. |
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| 74 | 76 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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