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1		-	By: Blanco, Eckhardt S.B. No. 897
	1	+	By: Blanco S.B. No. 897
	2	+	(In the Senate - Filed January 24, 2025; February 13, 2025,
	3	+	read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs;
	4	+	April 2, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
	5	+	Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 2, 2025,
	6	+	sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	8	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 897 By: Hall
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6	13		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	14		AN ACT
8	15		relating to the administration of a grant program to support
9	16		community mental health programs assisting veterans and their
10	17		families.
11	18		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	19		SECTION 1. Sections 547.0304 and 547.0305, Government Code,
13	20		as effective April 1, 2025, are amended to read as follows:
14	21		Sec. 547.0304. MATCHING GRANT CONDITIONS: SINGLE COUNTIES.
15	22		For services and treatment provided in a single county, the
16	23		commission shall condition each grant provided under this
17	24		subchapter on a potential grant recipient providing funds from
18	25		non-state sources in a total amount at least equal to:
19	26		(1) 25 percent of the grant amount if the community
20	27		mental health program to be supported by the grant provides
21	28		services and treatment in a county with a population of less than
22	29		100,000;
23	30		(2) 50 percent of the grant amount if the community
24	31		mental health program to be supported by the grant provides
25	32		services and treatment in a county with a population of 100,000 or
26	33		more but less than 250,000; or
27	34		(3) 75 [100] percent of the grant amount if the
28	35		community mental health program to be supported by the grant
29	36		provides services and treatment in a county with a population of
30	37		250,000 or more.
31	38		Sec. 547.0305. MATCHING GRANT CONDITIONS: MULTIPLE
32	39		COUNTIES. For a community mental health program that provides
33	40		services and treatment in more than one county, the commission
34	41		shall condition each grant provided under this subchapter on a
35	42		potential grant recipient providing funds from non-state sources in
36	43		a total amount at least equal to:
37	44		(1) 25 percent of the grant amount if the county with
38	45		the largest population in which the community mental health program
39	46		to be supported by the grant provides services and treatment has a
40	47		population of less than 100,000;
41	48		(2) 50 percent of the grant amount if the county with
42	49		the largest population in which the community mental health program
43	50		to be supported by the grant provides services and treatment has a
44	51		population of 100,000 or more but less than 250,000; or
45	52		(3) 75 [100] percent of the grant amount if the county
46	53		with the largest population in which the community mental health
47	54		program to be supported by the grant provides services and
48	55		treatment has a population of 250,000 or more.
49	56		SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
50	57		a grant awarded on or after the effective date of this Act. A grant
51	58		awarded before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
52	59		in effect on the date the award was made, and the former law is
53	60		continued in effect for that purpose.
54	61		SECTION 3. The Health and Human Services Commission is
55	62		required to implement the changes in law made by this Act to
56	63		Sections 547.0304 and 547.0305, Government Code, only if the
57	64		legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose in an
58	65		amount greater than the amount appropriated to the commission for
59	66		that purpose for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2025.
60	67		If the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that
61	68		purpose and in such amount, the commission may, but is not required
62	69		to, implement those changes in law using other money available to
63	70		the commission for that purpose.
64	71		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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