Bill Text: TX SB397 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas Senate Bill 397 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relating to the consultation policies of local mental health authorities with respect to sheriffs and their representatives.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-19 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB397 Detail]

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	By: Kolkhorst	S.B. No. 397
	(In the Senate - Filed December 21, 2016; February 1, 2017,
	read first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human
	Services; April 24, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable
	Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
	April 24, 2017, sent to printer.)
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	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 397	By: Kolkhorst


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT

	relating to the consultation policies of local mental health
	authorities with respect to sheriffs and their representatives.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 533.035, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
	(b-1) A local mental health authority shall, at least once
	per year, consult with the sheriff or a representative of the
	sheriff of each county in the local authority's service area
	regarding the use of the funds received under Subsection (b).
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.

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