Community Collaborative Eligibility; Certain Grants Prohibited

Sec. 547.0354. COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE ELIGIBILITY; CERTAIN GRANTS PROHIBITED. (a) A community collaborative may petition the commission to receive a grant under the matching grant program only if the collaborative includes: (1) a county; (2) a local mental health authority that operates in the county; and (3) each hospital district, if any, located in the county. (b) A collaborative may include other local entities designated by the collaborative's members. (c) The commission may not award a grant under this subchapter for a fiscal year to a community collaborative that includes a county with a population greater than four million if the legislature appropriates money for a mental health jail diversion program in the county for that fiscal year. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.