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By: Kolkhorst |
S.B. No. 397 |
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(In the Senate - Filed December 21, 2016; February 1, 2017, |
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read first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human |
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Services; April 24, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable |
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Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; |
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April 24, 2017, sent to printer.) |
Click here to see the committee vote |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 397 |
By: Kolkhorst |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the consultation policies of local mental health |
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authorities with respect to sheriffs and their representatives. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 533.035, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) A local mental health authority shall, at least once |
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per year, consult with the sheriff or a representative of the |
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sheriff of each county in the local authority's service area |
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regarding the use of the funds received under Subsection (b). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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