86R6568 JG-D
 
  By: White H.B. No. 1758
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a grant program and interagency review of resources to
  support and sustain recovery community organizations.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 531.02253 to read as follows:
         Sec. 531.02253.  RECOVERY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION GRANT
  PROGRAM. (a) In this section, "recovery community organization"
  means a nonprofit organization that:
               (1)  mobilizes resources inside and outside of a local
  community to increase the prevalence and quality of long-term
  recovery for persons with substance use disorder and their family
  members; and
               (2)  is wholly or partly governed by members of the
  local community:
                     (A)  at least 40 percent of whom identify as a
  person recovering from a substance use disorder; and
                     (B)  at least 40 percent of whom identify as an
  affected family member of a person recovering from a substance use
  disorder.
         (b)  The commission shall develop and operate a grant program
  to award grants to recovery community organizations to:
               (1)  establish a network of five recovery community
  organizations in geographical areas throughout this state to
  provide services in one or more counties with populations of not
  more than 100,000; and
               (2)  assist each recovery community organization
  described by Subdivision (1) in developing:
                     (A)  a structure of governance that aligns with
  national best practice standards for substance use recovery
  services; and
                     (B)  a strategic plan to identify:
                           (i)  available resources within a community
  served by the recovery community organization;
                           (ii)  the prioritized needs of a community
  served by the recovery community organization;
                           (iii)  recovery support solutions; and
                           (iv)  short- and long-term goals for the
  sustained operation of the recovery community organization and the
  recovery of persons within a community served by the organization.
         (c)  The commission may provide a grant under Subsection (b)
  only in accordance with a contract between the commission and the
  recovery community organization. The contract must include
  provisions under which the commission is granted sufficient control
  to ensure the public purpose of substance use recovery is
  accomplished and the state receives the return benefit.
         (d)  In addition to money appropriated by the legislature,
  the commission may solicit and accept gifts, grants, or donations
  from any source to administer or finance the grant program
  established under this section.
         SECTION 2.  (a) In this section, "recovery community
  organization" has the meaning assigned by Section 531.02253,
  Government Code, as added by this Act.
         (b)  Each of the following state agencies shall identify
  available resources under the state agency's control that may be
  used to support and sustain recovery community organizations
  throughout this state:
               (1)  the Health and Human Services Commission;
               (2)  the Department of State Health Services;
               (3)  the Department of Family and Protective Services;
               (4)  the Texas Education Agency;
               (5)  the Department of Agriculture;
               (6)  the Texas Department of Housing and Community
  Affairs;
               (7)  the Texas Department of Criminal Justice;
               (8)  the Texas Juvenile Justice Department;
               (9)  the Texas Veterans Commission; and
               (10)  the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.
         (c)  Not later than September 1, 2020, each state agency
  described by Subsection (b) of this section shall prepare and
  submit to the legislature a written report that outlines the
  available resources identified by the state agency under Subsection
  (b).
         SECTION 3.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
  Services Commission shall adopt rules as necessary to implement
  Section 531.02253, Government Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.