Bill Text: TX SB2074 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of the Mental Illness and Intellectual or Developmental Disability Advisory Council.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-01 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB2074 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB2074-Introduced.html
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By: Menéndez | S.B. No. 2074 |
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relating to the establishment of the Mental Illness and | ||
Intellectual or Developmental Disability Advisory Council. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 7, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Chapter 535 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 535. MENTAL ILLNESS AND INTELLECTUAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL | ||
DISABILITY ADVISORY COUNCIL | ||
Sec. 535.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "advisory | ||
council" means the Mental Illness and Intellectual or Developmental | ||
Disability Advisory Council established under this chapter. | ||
Sec. 535.002. ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVISORY COUNCIL. The | ||
Mental Illness and Intellectual or Developmental Disability | ||
Advisory Council is established to advise the commission and the | ||
legislature on best practices in providing care to individuals with | ||
co-occurring mental illness and intellectual or developmental | ||
disabilities. | ||
Sec. 535.003. APPOINTMENT OF ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS. The | ||
advisory council is composed of the following members: | ||
(1) one member appointed by the commissioner of | ||
education; | ||
(2) one member appointed by the executive director of | ||
the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; | ||
(3) one member of the Governor's Committee on People | ||
with Disabilities appointed by the governor; | ||
(4) any other individual considered necessary by the | ||
governor, appointed by the governor; and | ||
(5) the following members appointed by the executive | ||
commissioner: | ||
(A) one member representing an advocacy | ||
organization in this state supporting individuals with | ||
intellectual or developmental disabilities; | ||
(B) one member representing an advocacy | ||
organization in this state supporting individuals experiencing | ||
mental illness; | ||
(C) one member representing an advocacy | ||
organization in this state supporting individuals involved in the | ||
criminal justice system; | ||
(D) one member representing a local mental health | ||
authority; | ||
(E) one member representing a local intellectual | ||
and developmental disability authority; | ||
(F) one parent or family member of a person with | ||
co-occurring mental illness and intellectual or developmental | ||
disabilities; | ||
(G) one member who is a person with an | ||
intellectual or developmental disability who has personally | ||
experienced mental illness; | ||
(H) one member who is a licensed health care | ||
provider with experience treating individuals with co-occurring | ||
mental illness and intellectual or developmental disabilities; | ||
(I) one member who is a licensed social worker, | ||
as defined by Section 505.002, Occupations Code; | ||
(J) one member who is a teacher certified in | ||
special education under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code; | ||
(K) one member who is a representative of a | ||
public institution of higher education in this state that is a | ||
member of one of the University Centers for Excellence in | ||
Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service; and | ||
(L) one member who has experience researching the | ||
mental health needs of individuals with an intellectual or | ||
developmental disability. | ||
Sec. 535.004. TERMS; VACANCY. (a) The advisory council | ||
shall select a presiding officer from among the advisory council | ||
members. | ||
(b) Members of the advisory council shall serve two-year | ||
terms. | ||
(c) A vacancy on the advisory council shall be filled in the | ||
same manner as the original appointment. | ||
(d) A member appointed to fill a vacancy holds the office | ||
for the unexpired portion of the term. | ||
(e) Each member may be reappointed to serve on the advisory | ||
council by the appropriate appointing authority as provided by | ||
Section 535.003. | ||
Sec. 535.005. MEETINGS; QUORUM. (a) The advisory council | ||
shall meet at times and locations as determined by the presiding | ||
officer or by a majority of the members of the advisory council. | ||
(b) A majority of the members of the advisory council | ||
constitute a quorum. | ||
Sec. 535.006. ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT. The commission shall | ||
provide administrative support to the advisory council. | ||
Sec. 535.007. ANNUAL REPORT. Not later than December 1 of | ||
each year, the advisory council shall prepare and submit to the | ||
governor, lieutenant governor, legislature, commission, and other | ||
relevant state agencies or stakeholders a written report that | ||
includes recommendations on ensuring that comprehensive and | ||
integrated mental health and intellectual or developmental | ||
disability services in this state are available and provided using | ||
a person-centered approach in institutional, public, and private | ||
settings. | ||
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the governor, the commissioner of education, the | ||
executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission, | ||
and the executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal | ||
Justice shall appoint members to the Mental Illness and | ||
Intellectual or Developmental Disability Advisory Council, as | ||
required by Chapter 535, Health and Safety Code, as added by this | ||
Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |