88R3673 GCB-D
By: Moody H.B. No. 1400
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of outpatient treatment programs to
provide court-ordered outpatient mental health services in certain
counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 574, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Sections 574.038 and 574.039 to read as
follows:
Sec. 574.038. ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL ASSISTED
OUTPATIENT TREATMENT PROGRAMS. The commissioners courts of two or
more counties may establish a regional assisted outpatient
treatment program to provide court-ordered outpatient mental
health services under this chapter in the participating counties.
Sec. 574.039. MANDATORY PROGRAM IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a)
Subject to Subsection (b), the commissioners court of a county with
a population of more than 200,000 shall establish a program to
provide court-ordered outpatient mental health services under this
chapter and apply for federal and state funding to pay the program
costs. The criminal justice division of the governor's office may
assist a county in applying for federal funding.
(b) A county is required to establish a program to provide
court-ordered outpatient mental health services under this chapter
only if the county receives federal or state funding specifically
for that purpose in an amount sufficient to pay the program costs.
(c) A county that is required to establish a program to
provide court-ordered outpatient mental health services under this
chapter and fails to establish or to maintain that program is
ineligible to receive grant funding from this state or any state
agency.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.