| 1 | 1 | | 89R2366 MPF-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1561 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to a ketamine treatment grant program for ketamine clinics |
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| 10 | 10 | | serving active duty military personnel, first responders, and |
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| 11 | 11 | | veterans. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 547, Government Code, as effective April |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1, 2025, is amended by adding Subchapter K to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | SUBCHAPTER K. KETAMINE TREATMENT GRANT PROGRAM |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sec. 547.0501. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) "First responder" has the meaning assigned by |
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| 18 | 18 | | Section 421.095. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice |
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| 20 | 20 | | medicine in this state. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (3) "Program" means the ketamine treatment grant |
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| 22 | 22 | | program established under this subchapter. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (4) "Veteran" means an individual who has served in: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (A) an active or reserve component of the army, |
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| 25 | 25 | | navy, air force, coast guard, or marine corps of the United States; |
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| 26 | 26 | | or |
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| 27 | 27 | | (B) the Texas National Guard, as defined by |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 431.001. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Sec. 547.0502. KETAMINE TREATMENT GRANT PROGRAM. The |
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| 30 | 30 | | commission shall establish a ketamine treatment grant program to |
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| 31 | 31 | | award grants to ketamine clinics providing mental health treatment |
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| 32 | 32 | | to: |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) active duty military personnel; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) first responders; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | (3) veterans. |
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| 36 | 36 | | Sec. 547.0503. USE OF GRANT. A ketamine clinic may use |
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| 37 | 37 | | grant money awarded under this subchapter to: |
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| 38 | 38 | | (1) cover the cost of uncompensated mental health |
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| 39 | 39 | | treatment provided to active duty military personnel, first |
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| 40 | 40 | | responders, and veterans; and |
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| 41 | 41 | | (2) pay for other activities, services, resources, |
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| 42 | 42 | | supplies, or equipment the commission determines necessary for the |
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| 43 | 43 | | clinic to provide the treatment described by Subdivision (1). |
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| 44 | 44 | | Sec. 547.0504. SELECTION AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF GRANT |
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| 45 | 45 | | RECIPIENTS. (a) The commission, with any necessary assistance of |
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| 46 | 46 | | physicians or other mental health care providers, may select |
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| 47 | 47 | | eligible ketamine clinics for a grant award under this subchapter. |
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| 48 | 48 | | (b) The commission shall: |
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| 49 | 49 | | (1) develop eligibility and selection criteria for |
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| 50 | 50 | | grant applicants; and |
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| 51 | 51 | | (2) establish accountability controls for grant |
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| 52 | 52 | | recipients to ensure the public purpose of providing mental health |
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| 53 | 53 | | treatment is accomplished and this state receives a return benefit. |
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| 54 | 54 | | Sec. 547.0505. GIFTS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS. The |
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| 55 | 55 | | commission may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations from |
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| 56 | 56 | | any source for the purposes of this subchapter. |
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| 57 | 57 | | Sec. 547.0506. WORK GROUP. (a) The commission may |
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| 58 | 58 | | establish a work group to: |
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| 59 | 59 | | (1) assist the commission in developing, |
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| 60 | 60 | | implementing, or evaluating the program; and |
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| 61 | 61 | | (2) prepare a report on the results and outcomes of |
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| 62 | 62 | | grants awarded under this subchapter. |
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| 63 | 63 | | (b) A member of a work group established under this section: |
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| 64 | 64 | | (1) is not entitled to compensation for serving on the |
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| 65 | 65 | | work group; and |
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| 66 | 66 | | (2) may not be reimbursed for travel or other expenses |
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| 67 | 67 | | incurred while conducting the business of the work group. |
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| 68 | 68 | | (c) The work group established under this section is not |
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| 69 | 69 | | subject to Chapter 2110. |
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| 70 | 70 | | Sec. 547.0507. BIENNIAL REPORT. Not later than December 1 |
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| 71 | 71 | | of each even-numbered year, the commission shall submit a report to |
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| 72 | 72 | | the governor and the legislature regarding the activities of the |
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| 73 | 73 | | program and grant recipients, including the results and outcomes of |
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| 74 | 74 | | grants awarded under this subchapter. |
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| 75 | 75 | | Sec. 547.0508. RULES. The executive commissioner may adopt |
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| 76 | 76 | | rules necessary to implement this subchapter. |
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| 77 | 77 | | SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2025, the Health and |
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| 78 | 78 | | Human Services Commission shall establish and implement the |
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| 79 | 79 | | ketamine treatment grant program authorized by Subchapter K, |
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| 80 | 80 | | Chapter 547, Government Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 81 | 81 | | SECTION 3. Not later than December 1, 2026, the Health and |
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| 82 | 82 | | Human Services Commission shall provide the initial report to the |
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| 83 | 83 | | governor and the legislature as required by Section 547.0507, |
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| 84 | 84 | | Government Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 85 | 85 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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