87R5464 JG-F
 
  By: Hernandez H.B. No. 2251
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to matching fund requirements for an entity to receive a
  community collaborative grant.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 539.002(b), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), the department
  shall require each entity awarded a grant under this section to:
               (1)  leverage additional funding or in-kind
  contributions from private sources or local governmental sources in
  an amount that is at least equal to the amount of the grant awarded
  under this section;
               (2)  provide evidence of significant coordination and
  collaboration between the entity, local mental health authorities,
  municipalities, local law enforcement agencies, and other
  community stakeholders in establishing or expanding a community
  collaborative funded by a grant awarded under this section; and
               (3)  provide evidence of a local law enforcement policy
  to divert appropriate persons from jails or other detention
  facilities to an entity affiliated with a community collaborative
  for the purpose of providing services to those persons.
         SECTION 2.  Section 539.0051(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The governing body of a county shall develop and make
  public a plan detailing:
               (1)  how local mental health authorities,
  municipalities, local law enforcement agencies, and other
  community stakeholders in the county could coordinate to establish
  or expand a community collaborative to accomplish the goals of
  Section 539.002;
               (2)  how entities in the county may leverage funding
  from private sources or local governmental sources to accomplish
  the goals of Section 539.002 through the formation or expansion of a
  community collaborative; and
               (3)  how the formation or expansion of a community
  collaborative could establish or support resources or services to
  help local law enforcement agencies to divert persons who have been
  arrested to appropriate mental health care or substance abuse
  treatment.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.