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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring entities that provide mental health services |
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to veterans to provide military cultural competency training to |
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personnel to accept a grant from a state agency. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 434.352, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) A state agency may not award a grant to an entity for the |
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provision of mental health services to veterans unless the entity |
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demonstrates that it provides military cultural competency |
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training to its personnel who provide the services. The commission |
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and the Department of State Health Services jointly shall undertake |
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to ensure that a state agency that may award a grant subject to this |
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subsection has adopted policies to ensure compliance with this |
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subsection. |
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SECTION 2. The heading to Subchapter I, Chapter 1001, |
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Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER I. MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES [PROGRAM] FOR VETERANS |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter I, Chapter 1001, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 1001.225 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1001.225. LIMITATION ON GRANTS. The department may |
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not award a grant to an entity for the provision of mental health |
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services to veterans unless the entity demonstrates that it |
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provides military cultural competency training to its personnel who |
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provide the services. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |