Bill Text: TX HB1191 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to certain information about housing for persons with mental illness provided through the Texas Information and Referral Network Internet site.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB1191 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1191-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1191 | ||
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| relating to certain information about housing for persons with | ||
| mental illness provided through the Texas Information and Referral | ||
| Network Internet site. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 531.03132 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 531.03132. ELECTRONIC ACCESS TO REFERRAL INFORMATION | ||
| ABOUT HOUSING OPTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. (a) The | ||
| commission shall make available through the Texas Information and | ||
| Referral Network Internet site established under Section 531.0313 | ||
| information regarding housing options for persons with mental | ||
| illness provided by public or private entities throughout the | ||
| state. The Internet site will serve as a single point of access | ||
| through which a person may be directed on how or where to apply for | ||
| housing for persons with mental illness in the person's community. | ||
| In this subsection, "private entity" includes any provider of | ||
| housing specifically for persons with mental illness other than a | ||
| state agency, municipality, county, or other political subdivision | ||
| of this state, regardless of whether the provider accepts payment | ||
| for providing housing for persons with mental illness. | ||
| (b) To the extent resources are available, the Internet site | ||
| must be geographically indexed and designed to inform a person | ||
| about the housing options for persons with mental illness provided | ||
| in the area where the person lives. | ||
| (c) The Internet site must contain a searchable listing of | ||
| available housing options for persons with mental illness by type, | ||
| with a definition for each type of housing and an explanation of the | ||
| populations of persons with mental illness generally served by that | ||
| type of housing. The list must contain at a minimum the following | ||
| types of housing for persons with mental illness: | ||
| (1) state hospitals; | ||
| (2) step-down units in state hospitals; | ||
| (3) community hospitals; | ||
| (4) private psychiatric hospitals; | ||
| (5) a provider of inpatient treatment services in the | ||
| network of service providers assembled by a local mental health | ||
| authority under Section 533.035(e), Health and Safety Code; | ||
| (6) assisted living facilities; | ||
| (7) continuing care facilities; | ||
| (8) boarding homes; | ||
| (9) emergency shelters for homeless persons; | ||
| (10) transitional housing intended to move homeless | ||
| persons to permanent housing; | ||
| (11) supportive housing, or long-term, | ||
| community-based affordable housing that provides supportive | ||
| services; | ||
| (12) general residential operations, as defined by | ||
| Section 42.002, Human Resources Code; and | ||
| (13) residential treatment centers, or a type of | ||
| general residential operation that provides services to children | ||
| with emotional disorders in a structured and supportive | ||
| environment. | ||
| (d) For each housing facility named in the listing of | ||
| available housing options for persons with mental illness, the | ||
| Internet site must indicate whether the provider that operates the | ||
| housing facility is licensed by the state. | ||
| (e) The Internet site must display a disclaimer that the | ||
| information provided is for informational purposes only and is not | ||
| an endorsement or recommendation of any type of housing or any | ||
| housing facility. | ||
| (f) Each entity providing housing specifically for persons | ||
| with mental illness in this state, including the Department of | ||
| State Health Services, municipalities, counties, other political | ||
| subdivisions of this state, and private entities, shall cooperate | ||
| with the Texas Information and Referral Network as necessary in the | ||
| administration of this section. | ||
| 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, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1191 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1191 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
