SRC-VRA S.B. 1182 78(R) BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research Center S.B. 1182 78R6798 JJT-DBy: Deuell Health & Human Services 3/24/2003 As Filed DIGEST AND PURPOSE Texas Community Mental Health and Mental Retardation Centers have become integral parts of their local communities. Through the eyes of their communities, centers have developed a unique view of service needs and service priorities. As proposed, S.B. 1182 requires local mental health or mental retardation authorities to develop a local service plan to help each center meet the needs of its community. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Chapter 533B, H.ealth and Safety Code, by adding Section 533.0354, as follows: Sec. 533.0354(c). LOCAL AUTHORITY PLANNING FOR LOCAL SERVICE AREA. (a) Requires each local mental health or mental retardation authority to develop a local service area plan to maximize the authority's services by using the best and most cost-effective means of using federal, state, and local resources to meet the needs of the local community according to the relative priority of those needs. (b) Requires a local service area plan to be consistent with the purposes, goals, and policies stated in Section 531.001 and the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation's (MHMR) long-range plan developed under Section 533.032. (c) Requires MHMR and a local mental health or mental retardation authority to use the local authority's local service plan as the basis for contracts between MHMR and the local authority and for establishing the local authority's responsibility for achieving outcomes related to the needs and characteristics of the authority's local service area. (d) Requires the local mental health or mental retardation authority, in developing the local service area plan, to perform certain tasks. SECTION 2.(a) Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2003. (b) Makes application of Section 533.0354(c) prospective to January 1, 2004.