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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the collection and use of suicide data by the statewide |
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behavioral health coordinating council. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 531.476, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 531.476. POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The council: |
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(1) shall develop and monitor the implementation of a |
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five-year statewide behavioral health strategic plan; |
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(2) shall develop a biennial coordinated statewide |
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behavioral health expenditure proposal; |
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(3) shall annually publish an updated inventory of |
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behavioral health programs and services that are funded by the |
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state that includes a description of how those programs and |
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services further the purpose of the statewide behavioral health |
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strategic plan; |
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(4) may create subcommittees to carry out the |
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council's duties under this subchapter; and |
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(5) may facilitate opportunities to increase |
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collaboration for the effective expenditure of available federal |
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and state funds for behavioral and mental health services in this |
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state. |
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(b) The council shall include statewide suicide prevention |
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efforts in its five-year statewide behavioral health strategic plan |
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under Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter M-1, Chapter 531, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 531.477 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 531.477. SUICIDE PREVENTION SUBCOMMITTEE; SUICIDE |
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DATA REPORTS. (a) The council shall create a suicide prevention |
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subcommittee to focus on statewide suicide prevention efforts using |
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information collected by the council from available sources of |
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suicide data reports. The suicide prevention subcommittee shall |
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establish guidelines for the frequent use of those reports in |
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carrying out the council's purpose under this subchapter. |
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(b) The subcommittee created under this section shall |
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establish a method for identifying how suicide data reports are |
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used to make policy. |
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(c) Public or private entities that collect information |
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regarding suicide and suicide prevention may provide suicide data |
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reports to commission staff designated by the executive |
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commissioner to receive those reports. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |