1-1     By:  Madla                                             S.B. No. 439
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed January 29, 2001; January 30, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human
 1-4     Services; February 8, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; February 8, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the match requirement for the receipt of state funds by
 1-9     certain organizations providing chemical dependency treatment
1-10     services.
1-11           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12           SECTION 1.  Subsection (f), Section 461.014, Health and
1-13     Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-14           (f)  An organization or other entity is not eligible for a
1-15     grant of state funds from the commission unless the organization or
1-16     entity provides matching funds in either cash or in-kind
1-17     contributions equal to at least five percent of the total grant of
1-18     state funds from the commission.  The commission may waive that
1-19     requirement if the commission determines that the requirement may
1-20     jeopardize the provision of needed services.
1-21           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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