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By: Buckingham |
S.B. No. 1234 |
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(In the Senate - Filed February 27, 2019; March 7, 2019, |
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read first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human |
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Services; April 1, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable |
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Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; |
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April 1, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1234 |
By: Buckingham |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the provision of food service, laundry service, and |
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lawn care to certain mental health facilities and state supported |
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living centers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 551, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 551.008 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 551.008. REGIONAL LAUNDRY CENTERS. A regional laundry |
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center operated by the commission to provide laundry services to |
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department facilities may contract with federal agencies, other |
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state agencies, or local political subdivisions to provide or |
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receive laundry services. |
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SECTION 2. Section 551.009(c), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) The local mental health authority shall contract with |
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Kerrville State Hospital to provide food service, laundry service, |
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and lawn care to the local mental health authority operating a |
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crisis stabilization unit on the grounds of the Kerrville State |
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Hospital as provided by this section. |
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SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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waiver or authorization is granted. |
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SECTION 4. 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 September 1, 2019. |
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