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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to peer specialists and the provision of peer services to |
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individuals with an intellectual or developmental disability. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 531.0999(a) and (b), Government Code, |
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as added by Chapter 1015 (H.B. 1486), Acts of the 85th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2017, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) With input from mental health, intellectual or |
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developmental disability, and substance use peer specialists and |
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the work group described by Subsection (b), the commission shall |
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develop and the executive commissioner shall adopt: |
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(1) rules that establish training requirements for |
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peer specialists so that they are able to provide services to |
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persons with a mental illness or intellectual or developmental |
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disability or services to persons with substance use conditions; |
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(2) rules that establish certification and |
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supervision requirements for peer specialists; |
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(3) rules that define the scope of services that peer |
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specialists may provide; |
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(4) rules that distinguish peer services from other |
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services that a person must hold a license to provide; and |
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(5) any other rules necessary to protect the health |
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and safety of persons receiving peer services. |
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(b) The commission shall establish a stakeholder work group |
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to provide input for the adoption of rules under Subsection |
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(a). The work group is composed of the following stakeholders |
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appointed by the executive commissioner: |
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(1) one representative of each organization that |
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certifies mental health, intellectual or developmental disability, |
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and substance use peer specialists in this state; |
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(2) three representatives of organizations that |
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employ mental health, intellectual or developmental disability, |
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and substance use peer specialists; |
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(3) one mental health peer specialist who works in an |
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urban area; |
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(4) one mental health peer specialist who works in a |
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rural area; |
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(5) one intellectual or developmental disability peer |
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specialist who works in an urban area; |
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(6) one intellectual or developmental disability peer |
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specialist who works in a rural area; |
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(7) one substance use peer specialist who works in an |
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urban area; |
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(8) [(6)] one substance use peer specialist who works |
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in a rural area; |
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(9) [(7)] one person who trains mental health peer |
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specialists; |
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(10) one person who trains intellectual or |
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developmental disability peer specialists; |
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(11) [(8)] one person who trains substance use peer |
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specialists; |
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(12) [(9)] three representatives of mental health and |
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addiction licensed health care professional groups who supervise |
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mental health, intellectual or developmental disability, and |
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substance use peer specialists; |
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(13) [(10)] to the extent possible, not more than |
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three persons with personal experience recovering from mental |
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illness, substance use conditions, or co-occurring mental illness |
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and substance use conditions or with personal experience living |
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with an intellectual or developmental disability; and |
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(14) [(11)] any other persons considered appropriate |
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by the executive commissioner. |
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SECTION 2. 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 the |
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changes in law made by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |