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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to per capita funding by population of each local mental |
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health authority. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 533.035, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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(f) The commission shall execute contracts with local |
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mental health authorities in a manner that ensures funding of |
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services per capita of the population served by a local mental |
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health authority is equal to the funding of services per capita of |
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the population served by other local mental health authorities. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to contracts between the Health and Human Services Commission and a |
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local mental health authority executed or renewed, and audits |
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conducted under those contracts, on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. Contracts entered into or renewed before the effective |
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date of this Act, and audits conducted under those contracts, are |
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governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date |
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of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |