By: Blanco  S.B. No. 1580
         (In the Senate - Filed February 24, 2025; March 10, 2025,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human
  Services; April 16, 2025, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 16, 2025, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the composition of the governing body of a local mental
  health authority.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 533.0351(a), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  If a local mental health authority has a governing body,
  the governing body must include:
               (1)  for a local authority that serves only one county,
  the sheriff of the county as an ex officio nonvoting member; [and]
               (2)  for a local authority that serves two or more
  counties, two sheriffs chosen in accordance with Subsection (b) as
  ex officio nonvoting members; and
               (3)  a veteran selected by a majority of the governing
  body members.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than December 1, 2025, the members of
  each local mental health authority governing body shall select a
  veteran to serve on the governing body as provided by Section
  533.0351(a), Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
 
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