Bill Text: TX SB1792 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the administration of a grant program to support community mental health programs for veterans and their families.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-20 - Referred to Vet Affairs [SB1792 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB1792-Introduced.html
  88R13709 MPF-D
 
  By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1792
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the administration of a grant program to support
  community mental health programs for veterans and their families.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 531.0992(d-1) and (d-2), Government
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (d-1)  For services and treatment provided in a single
  county, the commission shall condition each grant provided under
  this section on a potential grant recipient providing funds from
  non-state sources in a total amount at least equal to:
               (1)  25 percent of the grant amount if the community
  mental health program to be supported by the grant provides
  services and treatment in a county with a population of less than
  100,000; or
               (2)  50 percent of the grant amount if the community
  mental health program to be supported by the grant provides
  services and treatment in a county with a population of 100,000 or
  more [but less than 250,000; or
               [(3)  100 percent of the grant amount if the community
  mental health program to be supported by the grant provides
  services and treatment in a county with a population of 250,000 or
  more].
         (d-2)  For a community mental health program that provides
  services and treatment in more than one county, the commission
  shall condition each grant provided under this section on a
  potential grant recipient providing funds from non-state sources in
  a total amount at least equal to:
               (1)  25 percent of the grant amount if the county with
  the largest population in which the community mental health program
  to be supported by the grant provides services and treatment has a
  population of less than 100,000; or
               (2)  50 percent of the grant amount if the county with
  the largest population in which the community mental health program
  to be supported by the grant provides services and treatment has a
  population of 100,000 or more [but less than 250,000; or
               [(3)  100 percent of the grant amount if the county with
  the largest population in which the community mental health program
  to be supported by the grant provides services and treatment has a
  population of 250,000 or more].
         SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply to a
  grant awarded on or after the effective date of this Act.  A grant
  awarded under a provision amended by this Act is governed by the law
  in effect on the date the grant was awarded, and the former law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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