Bill Text: TX HB2813 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the statewide behavioral health coordinating council.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective immediately [HB2813 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2813-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2813 |
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relating to the statewide behavioral health coordinating council. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 531, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subchapter M-1 to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER M-1. STATEWIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COORDINATING COUNCIL | ||
Sec. 531.471. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "council" | ||
means the statewide behavioral health coordinating council. | ||
Sec. 531.472. PURPOSE. The council is established to | ||
ensure a strategic statewide approach to behavioral health | ||
services. | ||
Sec. 531.473. COMPOSITION OF COUNCIL. (a) The council is | ||
composed of at least one representative designated by each of the | ||
following entities: | ||
(1) the governor's office; | ||
(2) the Texas Veterans Commission; | ||
(3) the commission; | ||
(4) the Department of State Health Services; | ||
(5) the Department of Family and Protective Services; | ||
(6) the Texas Civil Commitment Office; | ||
(7) The University of Texas Health Science Center at | ||
Houston; | ||
(8) The University of Texas Health Science Center at | ||
Tyler; | ||
(9) the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center; | ||
(10) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; | ||
(11) the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with | ||
Medical or Mental Impairments; | ||
(12) the Commission on Jail Standards; | ||
(13) the Texas Indigent Defense Commission; | ||
(14) the court of criminal appeals; | ||
(15) the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; | ||
(16) the Texas Military Department; | ||
(17) the Texas Education Agency; | ||
(18) the Texas Workforce Commission; | ||
(19) the Health Professions Council, representing: | ||
(A) the State Board of Dental Examiners; | ||
(B) the Texas State Board of Pharmacy; | ||
(C) the State Board of Veterinary Medical | ||
Examiners; | ||
(D) the Texas Optometry Board; | ||
(E) the Texas Board of Nursing; and | ||
(F) the Texas Medical Board; and | ||
(20) the Texas Department of Housing and Community | ||
Affairs. | ||
(b) The executive commissioner shall determine the number | ||
of representatives that each entity may designate to serve on the | ||
council. | ||
(c) The council may authorize another state agency or | ||
institution that provides specific behavioral health services with | ||
the use of appropriated money to designate a representative to the | ||
council. | ||
(d) A council member serves at the pleasure of the | ||
designating entity. | ||
Sec. 531.474. PRESIDING OFFICER. The mental health | ||
statewide coordinator shall serve as the presiding officer of the | ||
council. | ||
Sec. 531.475. MEETINGS. The council shall meet at least | ||
once quarterly or more frequently at the call of the presiding | ||
officer. | ||
Sec. 531.476. POWERS AND DUTIES. The council: | ||
(1) shall develop and monitor the implementation of a | ||
five-year statewide behavioral health strategic plan; | ||
(2) shall develop a biennial coordinated statewide | ||
behavioral health expenditure proposal; | ||
(3) shall annually publish an updated inventory of | ||
behavioral health programs and services that are funded by the | ||
state that includes a description of how those programs and | ||
services further the purpose of the statewide behavioral health | ||
strategic plan; | ||
(4) may create subcommittees to carry out the | ||
council's duties under this subchapter; and | ||
(5) may facilitate opportunities to increase | ||
collaboration for the effective expenditure of available federal | ||
and state funds for behavioral and mental health services in this | ||
state. | ||
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, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2813 was passed by the House on May 8, | ||
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 12, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2813 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |