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| 2 | 2 | | By: White H.B. No. 898 |
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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 an interagency grant program to support and sustain the |
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| 8 | 8 | | operations of community recovery organizations. |
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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. Subtitle B, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Chapter 53 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | CHAPTER 53. COMMUNITY RECOVERY ORGANIZATION GRANT PROGRAM |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 53.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) "Community recovery organization" means a |
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| 15 | 15 | | nonprofit organization that: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (A) mobilizes resources inside and outside of a |
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| 17 | 17 | | local community to increase the prevalence and quality of long-term |
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| 18 | 18 | | recovery for individuals with a substance use or mental health |
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| 19 | 19 | | condition and their affected family members; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (B) is governed by members of the local |
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| 21 | 21 | | community: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (i) at least 51 percent of whom identify as |
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| 23 | 23 | | an individual recovering from a substance use or mental health |
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| 24 | 24 | | condition; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (ii) the remainder of whom identify as an |
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| 26 | 26 | | affected family member of an individual recovering from a substance |
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| 27 | 27 | | use or mental health condition; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | (C) aligns with applicable national best |
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| 29 | 29 | | practices recognized by the commission. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2) "Grant program" means the community recovery |
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| 31 | 31 | | organization grant program established under this chapter. |
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| 32 | 32 | | Sec. 53.002. ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF GRANT |
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| 33 | 33 | | PROGRAM. (a) The community recovery organization grant program is |
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| 34 | 34 | | established as an interagency grant program to provide grants to |
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| 35 | 35 | | community recovery organizations to support and sustain the |
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| 36 | 36 | | operations of the organizations. |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) The commission shall serve as the administrator of the |
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| 38 | 38 | | grant program. The grant program consists of the following |
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| 39 | 39 | | additional state agencies: |
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| 40 | 40 | | (1) the department; |
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| 41 | 41 | | (2) the Department of Family and Protective Services; |
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| 42 | 42 | | (3) the Texas Education Agency; |
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| 43 | 43 | | (4) the Department of Agriculture; |
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| 44 | 44 | | (5) the Texas Department of Housing and Community |
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| 45 | 45 | | Affairs; |
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| 46 | 46 | | (6) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; |
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| 47 | 47 | | (7) the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; |
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| 48 | 48 | | (8) the Texas Veterans Commission; and |
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| 49 | 49 | | (9) the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. |
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| 50 | 50 | | (c) The commission may provide a grant to a community |
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| 51 | 51 | | recovery organization only in accordance with a contract between |
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| 52 | 52 | | the commission and the community recovery organization. The |
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| 53 | 53 | | contract must include provisions under which the commission is |
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| 54 | 54 | | granted sufficient control to ensure the public purpose of |
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| 55 | 55 | | substance use or mental health recovery is accomplished and the |
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| 56 | 56 | | state receives the return benefit. |
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| 57 | 57 | | Sec. 53.003. FUNDING. (a) Not later than September 1 of |
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| 58 | 58 | | each even-numbered year, the commission and each state agency |
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| 59 | 59 | | listed under Section 53.002(b) shall identify available resources |
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| 60 | 60 | | under the agency's control that may be used to fund and provide |
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| 61 | 61 | | grants to community recovery organizations under the grant program. |
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| 62 | 62 | | (b) In addition to the resources identified under |
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| 63 | 63 | | Subsection (a) and any money appropriated by the legislature for |
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| 64 | 64 | | the grant program, the commission may solicit and accept gifts, |
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| 65 | 65 | | grants, or donations from any source to administer and provide |
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| 66 | 66 | | grants to community recovery organizations under the grant program. |
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| 67 | 67 | | Sec. 53.004. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. The executive |
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| 68 | 68 | | commissioner of the commission and the executive head of each state |
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| 69 | 69 | | agency listed under Section 53.002(b) with rulemaking authority |
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| 70 | 70 | | each by rule shall adopt a memorandum of understanding that defines |
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| 71 | 71 | | the commission's and each other agency's responsibilities with |
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| 72 | 72 | | respect to administering and operating the grant program. |
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| 73 | 73 | | SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 74 | 74 | | of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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| 75 | 75 | | Services Commission and the executive head of each state agency |
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| 76 | 76 | | listed under Section 53.002(b), Health and Safety Code, as added by |
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| 77 | 77 | | this Act, with rulemaking authority by rule shall adopt the |
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| 78 | 78 | | memorandum of understanding required by Section 53.004, Health and |
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| 79 | 79 | | Safety Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 80 | 80 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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