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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the creation of a grant program to support community |
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mental health programs for veterans with mental illness. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 531.0992 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 531.0992. GRANT PROGRAM FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR |
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VETERANS. (a) To the extent funds are appropriated to the |
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commission for that purpose, the commission shall establish a grant |
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program for the purpose of supporting community mental health |
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programs providing services and treatment to veterans with mental |
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illness. |
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(b) The commission shall contract with a private entity to |
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support and administer the grant program. The contract between the |
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commission and the private entity must require that: |
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(1) the commission and the private entity each provide |
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one-half of the money that will be awarded under the grant program; |
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(2) the private entity develop eligibility criteria |
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for grant applicants, acceptable uses of grant money by grant |
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recipients, and reporting requirements for grant recipients; and |
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(3) the private entity obtain the commission's |
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approval of the eligibility criteria, acceptable uses, and |
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reporting requirements developed under Subdivision (2) before |
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awarding any grants under the program. |
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(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt any rules |
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necessary to implement the grant program under this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |