73R6175 CBH-F
          By Coleman                                            H.B. No. 1626
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to a requirement that the Texas Commission on Alcohol and
    1-3  Drug Abuse provide alternatives for children at risk of selling
    1-4  controlled substances.
    1-5        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-6        SECTION 1.  Section 461.012(a), Health and Safety Code, is
    1-7  amended to read as follows:
    1-8        (a)  The commission shall:
    1-9              (1)  provide for research and study of the problems of
   1-10  chemical dependency in this state and seek to focus public
   1-11  attention on those problems through public information and
   1-12  education programs;
   1-13              (2)  plan, develop, coordinate, evaluate, and implement
   1-14  constructive methods and programs for the prevention, intervention,
   1-15  treatment, and rehabilitation of chemical dependency in cooperation
   1-16  with federal and state agencies, local governments, organizations,
   1-17  and persons, and provide technical assistance, funds, and
   1-18  consultation services for statewide and community-based services;
   1-19              (3)  cooperate with and enlist the assistance of:
   1-20                    (A)  other state, federal, and local agencies;
   1-21                    (B)  hospitals and clinics;
   1-22                    (C)  public health, welfare, and criminal justice
   1-23  system authorities;
   1-24                    (D)  educational and medical agencies and
    2-1  organizations; and
    2-2                    (E)  other related public and private groups and
    2-3  persons;
    2-4              (4)  expand chemical dependency services for children
    2-5  when funds are available because of the long-term benefits of those
    2-6  services to the state and its citizens;
    2-7              (5)  sponsor, promote, and conduct educational programs
    2-8  on the prevention and treatment of chemical dependency, and
    2-9  maintain a public information clearinghouse to purchase and provide
   2-10  books, literature, audiovisuals, and other educational material for
   2-11  the programs;
   2-12              (6)  sponsor, promote, and conduct training programs
   2-13  for persons delivering prevention, intervention, treatment, and
   2-14  rehabilitation services and for persons in the criminal justice
   2-15  system or otherwise in a position to identify chemically dependent
   2-16  persons and their families in need of service;
   2-17              (7)  require programs rendering services to chemically
   2-18  dependent persons to safeguard those persons' legal rights of
   2-19  citizenship and maintain the confidentiality of client records as
   2-20  required by state and federal law;
   2-21              (8)  maximize the use of available funds for direct
   2-22  services rather than administrative services;
   2-23              (9)  consistently monitor the expenditure of funds and
   2-24  the provision of services by all grant and contract recipients to
   2-25  assure that the services are effective and properly staffed and
   2-26  meet the standards adopted under this chapter;
   2-27              (10)  make the monitoring reports prepared under
    3-1  Subdivision (9) a matter of public record;
    3-2              (11)  license treatment facilities under Chapter 464;
    3-3              (12)  use funds appropriated to the commission to carry
    3-4  out this chapter and maximize the overall state allotment of
    3-5  federal funds;
    3-6              (13)  develop and implement policies that will provide
    3-7  the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the
    3-8  commission and to speak on any issue under the commission's
    3-9  jurisdiction;
   3-10              (14)  establish minimum criteria that peer assistance
   3-11  programs must meet to be governed by and entitled to the benefits
   3-12  of a law that authorizes licensing and disciplinary authorities to
   3-13  establish or approve peer assistance programs for impaired
   3-14  professionals; <and>
   3-15              (15)  adopt rules governing the functions of the
   3-16  commission, including rules that prescribe the policies and
   3-17  procedures followed by the commission in administering any
   3-18  commission programs; and
   3-19              (16)  plan, develop, coordinate, evaluate, and
   3-20  implement constructive methods and programs to provide healthy
   3-21  alternatives for youth at risk of selling controlled substances.
   3-22        SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
   3-23        SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
   3-24  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   3-25  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   3-26  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   3-27  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.