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Amend CSHB 2292 as follows:                                                  
	On page 111, line 24, strike SECTION 2.56 and insert a new 
SECTION 2.56, starting on line 24, to read as follows:
	SECTION 2.56.  Subchapter B, Chapter 533, Health and Safety 
Code, is amended by adding Section 533.0354 to read as follows:
	Sec. 533.0354.  MENTAL HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF 
LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES.  (a)  a local mental health 
authority shall provide assessment services, intensive and 
comprehensive services, and crisis services and engage an 
individual with treatment services that are:
		(1)  ongoing and matched in type, duration and intensity 
to the needs of the individual;
		(2)  focused on a process of recovery designed to 
progress an individual through levels of services; and
		(3)  guided by evidences-based protocols and a 
strength-based paradigm of service, and monitored by a system that 
holds local authorities accountable for specific outcomes while 
allowing flexibility to maximize local responses.
	(b)  The department shall enter into performance contracts 
between the department and each local mental health authority for 
the fiscal years ending August 31, 2004 and August 31, 2005, that 
contain performance targets for those fiscal years for the number 
of persons provided with mental health care management practices.