| 1 | 1 | | By: Flores H.B. No. 4289 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the establishment of a ketamine treatment grant program |
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| 7 | 7 | | for veterans, active-duty military, and first responders. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended by adding Chapter 541 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | CHAPTER 54. KETAMINE TREATMENT GRANT PROGRAM |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 54.001. KETAMINE TREATMENT GRANT PROGRAM. The |
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| 13 | 13 | | commission shall establish a ketamine treatment grant program for |
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| 14 | 14 | | ketamine infusion clinics that serve veterans, active-duty |
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| 15 | 15 | | military, and first responders. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sec. 542.002. USE OF GRANT. A ketamine infusion clinic |
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| 17 | 17 | | awarded a grant under this chapter may use grant money to: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) provide otherwise uncompensated treatment to: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (i) veterans; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (ii) active-duty military; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | (iii) first responders; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) pay for other activities, services, supplies, |
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| 23 | 23 | | resources, and equipment the commission determines necessary for |
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| 24 | 24 | | the facility to provide these services. |
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| 25 | 25 | | Sec. 54.003. SELECTION OF GRANT RECIPIENTS. The commission |
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| 26 | 26 | | with any necessary assistance of physicians or other providers may |
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| 27 | 27 | | select eligible facilities to receive a grant under this chapter. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Sec. 54.004. GIFTS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS. The commission |
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| 29 | 29 | | may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations from any public |
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| 30 | 30 | | or private source for the purposes of this chapter. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Sec. 541.005. WORK GROUP. (a) The commission may establish |
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| 32 | 32 | | a program work group to: |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) assist the commission with developing, |
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| 34 | 34 | | implementing, or evaluating the program; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) prepare a report on the results and outcomes of the |
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| 36 | 36 | | grants awarded under this chapter. |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) A member of a program work group established under this |
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| 38 | 38 | | section is not entitled to compensation for serving on the program |
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| 39 | 39 | | work group and may not be reimbursed for travel or other expenses |
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| 40 | 40 | | incurred while conducting the business of the program work group. |
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| 41 | 41 | | (c) A program work group established under this section is |
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| 42 | 42 | | not subject to Chapter 2110. |
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| 43 | 43 | | Sec. 541.006. REPORT TO GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE. Not |
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| 44 | 44 | | later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, the commission |
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| 45 | 45 | | shall submit a report to the governor and members of the legislature |
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| 46 | 46 | | regarding the activities of the program and grant recipients, |
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| 47 | 47 | | including the results and outcomes of grants awarded under this |
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| 48 | 48 | | chapter. |
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| 49 | 49 | | Sec. 541.007. RULES. The executive commissioner may adopt |
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| 50 | 50 | | rules necessary to implement this chapter. |
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| 51 | 51 | | Sec. 541.008. SPECIFIC APPROPRIATION REQUIRED. The |
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| 52 | 52 | | commission may not spend state funds to accomplish the purposes of |
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| 53 | 53 | | this chapter and is not required to award a grant under this chapter |
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| 54 | 54 | | unless money is appropriated for the purposes of this chapter. |
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| 55 | 55 | | SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2023, the Health and |
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| 56 | 56 | | Human Services Commission shall establish and implement the |
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| 57 | 57 | | ketamine treatment grant program authorized by Chapter 54, Health |
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| 58 | 58 | | and Safety Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 59 | 59 | | SECTION 3. Not later than December 1, 2024, the Health and |
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| 60 | 60 | | Human Services Commission shall provide the initial report to the |
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| 61 | 61 | | governor and the legislature as required by Section 54.006, Health & |
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| 62 | 62 | | Safety Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 63 | 63 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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