83R1207 EES-D
 
  By: Menendez H.B. No. 39
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to extending a local behavioral health intervention pilot
  project.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 1(f) and (j), Chapter 356 (H.B. 1232),
  Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, are amended to
  read as follows:
         (f)  Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year[,
  2012], the local mental health authority involved in the pilot
  project shall submit a report to the department regarding the local
  behavioral health intervention pilot project, including:
               (1)  a comprehensive analysis of the efficacy of the
  project; and
               (2)  the local authority's findings and
  recommendations.
         (j)  This Act expires September 1, 2023 [2013].
         SECTION 2.  (a) It is the intent of the legislature that
  amendments to Chapter 356 (H.B. 1232), Acts of the 81st
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, made by this Act and any other
  amendments to that chapter made by another Act of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, shall be harmonized, if
  possible, as provided by Section 311.025(b), Government Code, so
  that effect may be given to each amendment.
         (b)  If an amendment to Chapter 356 (H.B. 1232), Acts of the
  81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, made by this Act and an
  amendment to that chapter made by another Act of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, are irreconcilable, it is the
  intent of the legislature that the amendment to Chapter 356 (H.B.
  1232), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, made by
  this Act prevail, regardless of the relative effective dates or
  dates of enactment of the irreconcilable amendments.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
  legislative session.