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AN ACT
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relating to recommendations by the Health and Human Services |
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Commission or a designated health and human services agency |
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regarding mental health workforce shortages. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. RECOMMENDATIONS ON MENTAL HEALTH WORKFORCE |
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SHORTAGE. (a) The Health and Human Services Commission, or a |
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health and human services agency designated by the commission, |
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shall use existing information and data available through the |
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commission, the Department of State Health Services, the statewide |
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health coordinating council, and nongovernmental entities with |
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expertise in mental health workforce issues to make recommendations |
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regarding mental health workforce shortages in this state. |
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(b) Not later than September 1, 2014, the Health and Human |
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Services Commission, or the health and human services agency |
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designated by the commission, shall submit a report to the |
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governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of |
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representatives, and the appropriate standing committees of the |
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legislature that includes: |
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(1) specific recommendations to alleviate mental |
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health workforce shortages in this state; |
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(2) an assessment of the feasibility of implementing |
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each recommendation; |
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(3) the estimated costs and benefits of each |
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recommendation; and |
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(4) the specific legislative action, if any, needed to |
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implement each recommendation. |
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SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect |
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immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members |
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elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas |
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Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for |
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immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1023 was passed by the House on April |
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25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 3, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 1023 on May 24, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 2, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1023 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |