88R2712 SRA-D
 
  By: Price H.B. No. 2099
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a requirement that the Health and Human Services
  Commission establish and operate a state hospital in a county
  located in the Panhandle region of this state.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 552, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Subchapter F to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER F. STATE HOSPITAL IN PANHANDLE REGION
         Sec. 552.201.  DUTY TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE. The
  commission shall establish and operate a state hospital in a county
  located in the Panhandle region of this state.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.