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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a grant program and interagency review of resources to |
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support and sustain recovery community organizations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 531.02253 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 531.02253. RECOVERY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION GRANT |
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PROGRAM. (a) In this section, "recovery community organization" |
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means a nonprofit organization that: |
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(1) mobilizes resources inside and outside of a local |
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community to increase the prevalence and quality of long-term |
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recovery for persons with substance use disorder and their family |
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members; and |
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(2) is wholly or partly governed by members of the |
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local community: |
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(A) at least 40 percent of whom identify as a |
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person recovering from a substance use disorder; and |
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(B) at least 40 percent of whom identify as an |
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affected family member of a person recovering from a substance use |
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disorder. |
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(b) The commission shall develop and operate a grant program |
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to award grants to recovery community organizations to: |
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(1) establish a network of five recovery community |
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organizations in geographical areas throughout this state to |
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provide services in one or more counties with populations of not |
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more than 100,000; and |
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(2) assist each recovery community organization |
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described by Subdivision (1) in developing: |
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(A) a structure of governance that aligns with |
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national best practice standards for substance use recovery |
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services; and |
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(B) a strategic plan to identify: |
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(i) available resources within a community |
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served by the recovery community organization; |
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(ii) the prioritized needs of a community |
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served by the recovery community organization; |
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(iii) recovery support solutions; and |
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(iv) short- and long-term goals for the |
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sustained operation of the recovery community organization and the |
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recovery of persons within a community served by the organization. |
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(c) The commission may provide a grant under Subsection (b) |
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only in accordance with a contract between the commission and the |
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recovery community organization. The contract must include |
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provisions under which the commission is granted sufficient control |
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to ensure the public purpose of substance use recovery is |
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accomplished and the state receives the return benefit. |
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(d) In addition to money appropriated by the legislature, |
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the commission may solicit and accept gifts, grants, or donations |
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from any source to administer or finance the grant program |
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established under this section. |
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SECTION 2. (a) In this section, "recovery community |
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organization" has the meaning assigned by Section 531.02253, |
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Government Code, as added by this Act. |
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(b) Each of the following state agencies shall identify |
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available resources under the state agency's control that may be |
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used to support and sustain recovery community organizations |
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throughout this state: |
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(1) the Health and Human Services Commission; |
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(2) the Department of State Health Services; |
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(3) the Department of Family and Protective Services; |
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(4) the Texas Education Agency; |
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(5) the Department of Agriculture; |
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(6) the Texas Department of Housing and Community |
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Affairs; |
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(7) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; |
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(8) the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; |
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(9) the Texas Veterans Commission; and |
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(10) the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. |
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(c) Not later than September 1, 2020, each state agency |
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described by Subsection (b) of this section shall prepare and |
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submit to the legislature a written report that outlines the |
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available resources identified by the state agency under Subsection |
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(b). |
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SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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Services Commission shall adopt rules as necessary to implement |
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Section 531.02253, Government Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |