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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to extending a local behavioral health intervention pilot |
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project. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 1(f) and (j), Chapter 356 (H.B. 1232), |
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Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, are amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(f) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year[,
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2012], the local mental health authority involved in the pilot |
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project shall submit a report to the department regarding the local |
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behavioral health intervention pilot project, including: |
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(1) a comprehensive analysis of the efficacy of the |
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project; and |
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(2) the local authority's findings and |
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recommendations. |
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(j) This Act expires September 1, 2023 [2013]. |
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SECTION 2. (a) It is the intent of the legislature that |
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amendments to Chapter 356 (H.B. 1232), Acts of the 81st |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, made by this Act and any other |
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amendments to that chapter made by another Act of the 83rd |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, shall be harmonized, if |
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possible, as provided by Section 311.025(b), Government Code, so |
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that effect may be given to each amendment. |
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(b) If an amendment to Chapter 356 (H.B. 1232), Acts of the |
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81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, made by this Act and an |
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amendment to that chapter made by another Act of the 83rd |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, are irreconcilable, it is the |
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intent of the legislature that the amendment to Chapter 356 (H.B. |
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1232), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, made by |
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this Act prevail, regardless of the relative effective dates or |
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dates of enactment of the irreconcilable amendments. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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legislative session. |