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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 85(R)

Senate Bill 292

Senate Author:  Huffman et al.

Effective:  9-1-17

House Sponsor:  Price et al.


            Senate Bill 292 amends the Government Code to require the Health and Human Services Commission to establish a program to provide grants to eligible county-based community collaboratives for the purposes of reducing recidivism and incarceration of persons with mental illness and reducing the total waiting time for forensic commitment of persons with mental illness to a state hospital.