Bill Text: TX SB1641 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the administration of a grant program for the establishment and expansion of community collaboratives.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-16 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB1641 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1641-Introduced.html
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| By: Campbell | S.B. No. 1641 | |
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| relating to the administration of a grant program for the | ||
| establishment and expansion of community collaboratives. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 539, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Sections 539.010 and 539.011 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 539.010. COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVES FUND. (a) In this | ||
| section, "fund" means the community collaboratives fund | ||
| established under this section. | ||
| (b) The community collaboratives fund is established as a | ||
| special fund in the state treasury. | ||
| (c) The fund consists of: | ||
| (1) legislative appropriations to the department for a | ||
| purpose of the fund; | ||
| (2) any revenue that by law is dedicated for deposit to | ||
| the fund; | ||
| (3) interest or other earnings on money credited to or | ||
| allocable to the fund; and | ||
| (4) money from gifts, grants, or donations to the | ||
| fund. | ||
| (d) The department may use the fund only to: | ||
| (1) provide grants to entities in accordance with this | ||
| chapter; and | ||
| (2) pay the necessary and reasonable expenses of | ||
| administering the fund. | ||
| Sec. 539.011. BIENNIAL REPORT. (a) The department shall | ||
| prepare a report that includes: | ||
| (1) the method by which the department chose entities | ||
| to award grants to under this chapter; | ||
| (2) the amount of each grant awarded to an entity under | ||
| this chapter; | ||
| (3) the number of individuals served by each community | ||
| collaborative receiving grant funds under this chapter; and | ||
| (4) the results of the annual review of outcome | ||
| measures required by Section 539.006. | ||
| (b) Not later than September 1 of each even-numbered year, | ||
| the department shall submit a report described by Subsection (a) | ||
| to: | ||
| (1) the standing committees of the legislature having | ||
| jurisdiction over the department and state finance; and | ||
| (2) the Legislative Budget Board. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
