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Amend SB 1182 (introduced version) as follows:
(1) In Section 1 of the bill, immediately following the
period at the end of proposed Subsection (a), Section 533.0354,
Health and Safety Code (page 1, line 12), insert:
Each local mental health or mental retardation authority shall
undertake to maximize federal funding.
(2) In Section 1 of the bill, strike Paragraphs (B), (C),
and (D), Subdivision (2), Subsection (d), Section 533.0354, Health
and Safety Code (page 2, lines 11-16), and substitute:
(B) goals to minimize the need for state
hospital and community hospital care;
(C) goals to ensure a client with mental
retardation is placed in the least restrictive environment
appropriate to the person's care;
(D) goals to divert consumers from the criminal
justice system; and
(E) opportunities for innovation in services
and service delivery.