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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring the Health and Human Services Commission to |
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establish a plan to bring certain funded forensic state hospital |
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beds online. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "commission" means the |
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Health and Human Services Commission. |
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(b) The commission shall develop and implement a plan to |
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ensure that each forensic state hospital bed that is funded to |
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provide competency restoration services is brought online and |
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providing those services not later than August 31, 2024. |
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(c) Not later than January 1, 2024, the commission shall |
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submit to each standing committee of the legislature with |
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jurisdiction over state hospitals a report on the plan established |
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by the commission under Subsection (b) of this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act expires December 1, 2024. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |