Bill Text: TX HB1669 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to increasing and improving the mental health and substance use disorder workforce in this state and increasing the capacity of local mental health authorities to provide access to mental health services in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-24 - Returned from the House for further action [HB1669 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1669-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to increasing and improving the mental health and substance use disorder workforce in this state and increasing the capacity of local mental health authorities to provide access to mental health services in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-24 - Returned from the House for further action [HB1669 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1669-Introduced.html
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By: Lucio III | H.B. No. 1669 |
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relating to a comprehensive plan for increasing and improving the | ||
workforce in this state that serves persons with mental health and | ||
substance use issues. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 531.02253 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 531.02253. COMPREHENSIVE WORKFORCE PLAN FOR MENTAL | ||
HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE. (a) The commission shall develop and | ||
implement a comprehensive plan to increase and improve the | ||
workforce in this state to serve persons with mental health and | ||
substance use issues. In developing the plan, the commission shall | ||
analyze and consider available studies, reports, and | ||
recommendations regarding that segment of the workforce in this | ||
state or elsewhere. | ||
(b) The plan must include: | ||
(1) a strategy and timeline for implementing the plan, | ||
including short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals; | ||
(2) a system for monitoring the implementation of the | ||
plan; and | ||
(3) a method for evaluating the outcomes of the plan. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2020, the Health and | ||
Human Services Commission shall develop and begin implementing the | ||
plan required under Section 531.02253, Government Code, as added by | ||
this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |