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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to services of a community mental health and mental |
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retardation center. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 534.001, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: |
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(d-1) The community center's plan for mental health or |
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mental retardation services may include, as the local agency or |
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local agencies consider appropriate, mental health services, |
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mental retardation services, substance abuse services, and any |
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other associated services that may be offered as part of a statewide |
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or regional service proposal. Services included in the center's |
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plan under this subsection are not subject to Section 533.035(g) or |
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other privatization requirements. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 534, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 534.0012 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 534.0012. SERVICES OUTSIDE OF REGION. (a) A community |
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center may provide services outside of the boundaries of the local |
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agency or agencies participating in the community center's |
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operation if the center submits to the department a request to |
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modify the center's plan under Section 534.001(e) to authorize the |
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provision of those services and the department approves the |
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modification. The request for the modification: |
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(1) must include a description of the services to be |
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provided outside the center's region; |
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(2) may restrict the areas in which the center will |
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provide those services; and |
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(3) must include evidence that each participating |
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local agency has expressly approved the request for the |
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modification. |
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(b) The department shall approve the request for |
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modification of the community center's plan under this section if |
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the department determines that the center can appropriately, |
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effectively, and efficiently provide those services as provided by |
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the modified plan. |
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(c) The department may not disapprove of a center's request |
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for modification on the sole basis that the modified plan would |
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authorize the center to provide services outside of its region. |
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SECTION 3. Section 534.002, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 534.002. BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR CENTER ESTABLISHED BY |
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ONE LOCAL AGENCY. The board of trustees of a community center |
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established by one local agency is composed of: |
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(1) the members of the local agency's governing body; |
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or |
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(2) not fewer than five or more than nine qualified |
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voters who reside in the region primarily to be served by the center |
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and who are appointed by the local agency's governing body. |
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SECTION 4. Section 534.003(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The governing bodies of the local agencies shall appoint |
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the board members either from among the membership of the governing |
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bodies or from among the qualified voters who reside in the region |
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primarily to be served by the center. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |