Bill Text: TX HB4133 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a mental health jail diversion pilot program in Bexar County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-29 - Referred to Corrections [HB4133 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4133-Introduced.html
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| By: Campos | H.B. No. 4133 | |
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| relating to the creation of a mental health jail diversion pilot | ||
| program in Bexar County. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 7, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Chapter 580 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 580. MENTAL HEALTH JAIL DIVERSION PILOT PROGRAM; BEXAR | ||
| COUNTY | ||
| Sec. 580.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "commission" | ||
| means the Health and Human Services Commission. | ||
| Sec. 580.002. MENTAL HEALTH JAIL DIVERSION PILOT PROGRAM. | ||
| The commission, in cooperation with the local mental health | ||
| authority that serves Bexar County, shall establish a pilot program | ||
| in Bexar County for the purpose of reducing recidivism and the | ||
| frequency of arrests and incarceration among persons with mental | ||
| illness in that county. | ||
| Sec. 580.003. CRIMINAL JUSTICE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE MODEL. | ||
| The commission shall design and test through the pilot program a | ||
| criminal justice mental health service model oriented toward | ||
| facilitating treatment for persons with mental illness and | ||
| substance use disorders to reduce recidivism and frequency of | ||
| arrests and incarceration of persons with mental illness in Bexar | ||
| County. The pilot program must include evidence-based practices, | ||
| including: | ||
| (1) psychiatric services; | ||
| (2) substance use disorder treatments; | ||
| (3) treatment for co-occurring mental health and | ||
| substance use disorders; | ||
| (4) integrated primary care, mental health, and | ||
| chemical dependency services; | ||
| (5) motivational interviews to decrease recidivism; | ||
| (6) methods to maintain sobriety; | ||
| (7) medical detoxification services; | ||
| (8) intensive case management to address social | ||
| determinants of health; | ||
| (9) local mental health authority hospital liaison | ||
| transitional services, including case management; | ||
| (10) medication-assisted treatment; and | ||
| (11) treatment of medical issues, including through | ||
| inpatient hospitalization if necessary. | ||
| Sec. 580.004. PROGRAM EVALUATION. (a) The commission | ||
| shall evaluate the pilot program's success in providing the | ||
| evidence-based practices described by Section 580.003 to an | ||
| individual receiving treatment for incarceration diversion for a | ||
| period of 60 to 90 days. | ||
| (b) The commission shall establish clear criteria for | ||
| identifying a target population to be served by the pilot program. | ||
| The criteria must prioritize serving a target population composed | ||
| of members with the highest risk of recidivism and either a severe | ||
| mental illness, substance use disorder, or co-occurring mental | ||
| illness and substance use disorder. | ||
| Sec. 580.005. REPORT. (a) Not later than August 1, 2022, | ||
| the executive commissioner shall: | ||
| (1) evaluate and produce a report concerning the | ||
| effect that providing inpatient evaluation for periods of 60 to 90 | ||
| days has in reducing recidivism and the frequency of arrests and | ||
| incarceration among persons with mental illness in Bexar County; | ||
| and | ||
| (2) submit the report described by Subdivision (1) to | ||
| the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of | ||
| representatives, and the presiding officers of the standing | ||
| committees of the senate and house of representatives having | ||
| primary jurisdiction over health and human services issues and over | ||
| criminal justice issues. | ||
| (b) The report must include a detailed analysis of the | ||
| features of the criminal justice mental health service model | ||
| developed and tested under the pilot program, the effect that | ||
| providing inpatient evaluation for periods of 60 to 90 days has in | ||
| reducing recidivism and the frequency of arrests and incarceration | ||
| among persons with mental illness in Bexar County, and the | ||
| executive commissioner's recommendation on whether to expand use of | ||
| the model statewide. | ||
| Sec. 580.006. CONCLUSION; EXPIRATION. The pilot program | ||
| established under this chapter concludes and this chapter expires | ||
| September 1, 2023. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
