Amend CSSB 365 in Article 3 of the bill (Committee printing,
page 18, between lines 66 and 67) by adding SECTION 3.07 to read as
follows:
      SECTION 3.07.  Chapter 614, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Section 614.018 to read as follows:
      Sec. 614.018.  USE OF COUNTY JAIL FACILITIES.  (a)  The
council shall conduct a study on strategies for reducing the use of
county jails to provide mental health treatment to persons with
mental illness.
      (b)  The study must include an examination of:
            (1)  arrest rates of persons with mental illness and
incarceration practices regarding those persons;
            (2)  the feasibility of establishing a regional mental
health detention facility as a pilot facility; and
            (3)  operational issues regarding the establishment of
a pilot facility, including funding strategies and the use of
existing facilities.
      (c)  The council shall file a copy of the study, a synopsis
of the results of the study, and the council's recommendations with
the legislature not later than February 1, 2001.
      (d)  This section expires March 1, 2001.