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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the Texas System of Care and the development of local |
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mental health systems of care for certain children. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter G-1, Chapter 531, |
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Government Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER G-1. DEVELOPING LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH [CARE] SYSTEMS OF |
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CARE FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN |
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SECTION 2. Section 531.251, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 531.251. TEXAS SYSTEM OF CARE [PILOT PROJECT] |
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CONSORTIUM[; EXPANSION PLAN]. (a) The commission shall form a |
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consortium to have responsibility [develop criteria] for and |
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oversight over a state system of care [and implement the expansion
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of the Texas Integrated Funding Initiative pilot project and] to |
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develop local mental health systems of care [systems] in |
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communities for minors who are receiving residential mental health |
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services or inpatient mental health hospitalization or who are at |
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risk of being removed from the minor's home and placed in a more |
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restrictive environment to receive mental health services, |
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including an inpatient mental health hospital, a residential |
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treatment facility, or a facility or program operated by the |
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Department of Family and Protective Services or an agency that is |
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part of the juvenile justice system [placement to receive mental
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health services]. |
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(a-1) The consortium must include: |
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(1) representatives of the [Texas] Department of State |
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[Mental] Health Services [and Mental Retardation], Department of |
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Family and Protective [and Regulatory] Services, Health and Human |
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Services Commission's Medicaid program, Texas Education Agency, |
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[Texas Youth Commission,] Texas Juvenile Justice Department |
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[Probation Commission], and Texas Correctional Office on Offenders |
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with Medical or Mental Impairments; |
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(2) one youth or young adult who has a serious |
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emotional disturbance and has received mental health services and |
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supports; or |
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(3) a family member of a youth or young adult described |
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by Subdivision (2) [Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse and an
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equal number of family advocates]. |
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(a-2) The consortium may coordinate with the Children's |
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Policy Council for the purposes of including the representation |
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required by Subsections (a-1)(2) and (3). |
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(b) The commission and the consortium shall: |
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(1) maintain [develop] a comprehensive plan [model and
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guidelines] for the delivery of mental health services and supports |
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[support] to a minor and a minor's family using a system of care |
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framework [, initiated before the person's 18th birthday], |
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including best practices in the financing, administration, |
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governance, and delivery of those services; |
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(2) implement strategies [establish a plan] to expand |
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the use of system of care practices [Texas Integrated Funding
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Initiative so that the initiative may operate] in the planning and |
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delivery of services throughout the state [up to six communities]; |
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[and] |
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(3) identify appropriate local, [sources of] state, |
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and federal funding sources to finance infrastructure and mental |
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health services needed to support state and local system of care |
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efforts; and |
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(4) develop an evaluation system to measure outcomes |
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of state and local system of care efforts [under the initiative from
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a central fund for expansion communities]. |
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(b-1) Not later than November 1 of each even-numbered year, |
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the consortium shall submit a report to the legislature and the |
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Council on Children and Families that contains an evaluation of the |
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outcomes of the Texas System of Care and recommendations on |
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strengthening state policies and practices that support local |
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systems of care, including recommendations relating to: |
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(1) methods to increase access to effective and |
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coordinated services and supports; |
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(2) methods to increase community capacity to |
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implement local systems of care through training and technical |
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assistance; |
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(3) use of cross-system performance and outcome data |
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to make informed decisions at individual and system levels; and |
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(4) strategies to maximize public and private funding |
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at the local, state, and federal levels. |
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SECTION 3. Section 531.255(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The commission and the [Texas] Department of State |
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[Mental] Health Services [and Mental Retardation] jointly shall |
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monitor the progress of the [expansion] communities that implement |
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a local system of care, including monitoring cost avoidance and the |
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net savings that result from implementing a local system of care. |
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SECTION 4. Section 531.257, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 531.257. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR [GRANT] PROJECTS. |
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The commission may provide technical assistance to a community that |
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implements a local system of care [receives a grant under Section
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531.256]. |
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SECTION 5. Sections 531.252, 531.253, 531.254, 531.255(b), |
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(c), and (d), 531.256, and 531.258, Government Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |