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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to appropriations to the Department of State Health |
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Services for the prevention and treatment of substance abuse. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION. In addition to other amounts |
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appropriated to the Department of State Health Services for the |
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state fiscal years ending August 31, 2010, and August 31, 2011, that |
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may be used for the purpose of preventing substance abuse by |
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students in Texas schools, the amount of $10 million is |
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appropriated to the department out of the general revenue fund for |
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the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2010, and the amount of $10 |
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million is appropriated to the department out of the general |
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revenue fund for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2011, to |
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provide 350 to 450 additional Texas schools with evidence-based |
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prevention programs designed to decrease risk factors for and |
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increase protective factors against substance abuse. |
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SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION. In addition to other amounts |
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appropriated to the Department of State Health Services for the |
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state fiscal years ending August 31, 2010, and August 31, 2011, that |
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may be used to advance the provision of evidence-based treatment |
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practices for substance abuse, the amount of $10 million is |
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appropriated to the department out of the general revenue fund for |
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the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2010, and the amount of $10 |
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million is appropriated to the department out of the general |
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revenue fund for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2011, to |
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advance the provision of evidence-based treatment practices, |
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including pharmacological interventions, for substance abuse. |
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SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION. In addition to other amounts |
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appropriated to the Department of State Health Services for the |
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state fiscal years ending August 31, 2010, and August 31, 2011, that |
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may be used to establish case management and early recovery support |
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services for substance abuse, the amount of $10 million is |
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appropriated to the department out of the general revenue fund for |
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the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2010, and the amount of $10 |
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million is appropriated to the department out of the general |
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revenue fund for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2011, to |
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establish case management and early recovery support services for |
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substance abuse in the 11 state health and human services regions |
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defined by the Health and Human Services Commission. |
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SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September |
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1, 2009. |