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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to prohibiting a local mental health or mental retardation |
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authority or an affiliate of an authority from providing certain |
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services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 533, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 533.051 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 533.051. LOCAL AUTHORITY PROVISION OF EMPLOYEE |
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ASSISTANCE SERVICES. (a) In this section "employee assistance |
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program" means an employer's program to provide assessment and |
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counseling to its employees or to its employees' families to assist |
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in personal matters, which may include alcohol or chemical abuse, |
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marriage or family problems, stress-related problems, financial |
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problems, legal problems, psychological issues, workplace |
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conflict, or similar matters. |
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(b) A local mental health or mental retardation authority or |
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an entity affiliated with an authority may not provide employee |
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assistance program services. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The changes in law made by this Act do not |
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apply to the provision of employee assistance program services by a |
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local mental health or mental retardation authority or an entity |
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affiliated with an authority to the extent that a contract entered |
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into before the effective date of this Act requires the authority or |
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affiliated entity to perform the services. |
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(b) A local mental health or mental retardation authority or |
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an entity affiliated with an authority may not renew a contract |
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described by Subsection (a) of this section on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |