Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 547.0152. PURPOSE. The council is established to ensure a strategic statewide approach to behavioral health services. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.

Sec. 547.0153. COMPOSITION OF COUNCIL. (a) The council is composed of at least one representative designated by each of the following entities: (1) the governor's office; (2) the Texas Veterans Commission; (3) the commission; (4) the Department of State Health Services; (5) the D…

Sec. 547.0154. PRESIDING OFFICER. The mental health statewide coordinator shall serve as the presiding officer of the council. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.

Sec. 547.0155. MEETINGS. The council shall meet at least once quarterly or more frequently at the call of the presiding officer. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.

Sec. 547.0156. POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The council: (1) shall develop and monitor the implementation of a five-year statewide behavioral health strategic plan; (2) shall develop a biennial coordinated statewide behavioral health expenditure proposal; (3) shall annually publish an …

Sec. 547.0157. SUICIDE PREVENTION SUBCOMMITTEE; SUICIDE DATA REPORTS. (a) The council shall create a suicide prevention subcommittee to focus on statewide suicide prevention efforts using information collected by the council from available sources of suicide data reports. The sui…

Sec. 547.0201. STREAMLINING PROCESS FOR AWARDING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH GRANTS. (a) The commission shall implement a process to better coordinate behavioral health grants the commission administers. The process must: (1) streamline the administrative processes at the commission; and (…

Sec. 547.0251. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "matching grant program" means the matching grant program established under this subchapter. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.

Sec. 547.0252. MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM. To the extent money is appropriated to the commission for that purpose, the commission shall establish a matching grant program to support community mental health programs providing services and treatment to individuals experiencing mental i…

Sec. 547.0253. MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS REQUIRED; GRANT CONDITIONS. (a) The commission shall: (1) condition each grant awarded under this subchapter on the grant recipient obtaining and securing funds to match the grant from non-state sources in amounts of money or other considerat…

Sec. 547.0254. SELECTION OF RECIPIENTS; APPLICATIONS AND PROPOSALS. (a) The commission shall select grant recipients based on the submission of applications or proposals by nonprofit and governmental entities. The executive commissioner shall develop criteria for evaluating those…

Sec. 547.0255. LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY INVOLVEMENT. (a) A nonprofit or governmental entity that applies for a grant under this subchapter must: (1) notify each local mental health authority with a local service area covered wholly or partly by the entity's proposed communit…

Sec. 547.0256. USE OF GRANTS AND MATCHING AMOUNTS. A grant awarded under the matching grant program and matching amounts must be used for the sole purpose of supporting community mental health programs that: (1) provide mental health services and treatment to individuals with a m…

Sec. 547.0257. DISTRIBUTING AND ALLOCATING APPROPRIATED MONEY. (a) The commission shall disburse money appropriated to or obtained by the commission for the matching grant program directly to a grant recipient, as the executive commissioner authorizes. (b) Except as provided by S…

Sec. 547.0258. RULES. The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement the matching grant program under this subchapter. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.

Sec. 547.0259. BIENNIAL REPORT. Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, the executive commissioner shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and each member of the legislature a report evaluating the success of the matching grant program. Added by Acts …

Sec. 547.0351. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "matching grant program" means the matching grant program established under this subchapter. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.

Sec. 547.0352. MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM. The commission shall establish a matching grant program to provide grants to county-based community collaboratives to reduce: (1) recidivism by, the frequency of arrests of, and incarceration of individuals with mental illness; and (2) the t…

Sec. 547.0353. MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS REQUIRED; GRANT CONDITIONS. (a) The commission shall condition each grant provided to a community collaborative under this subchapter on the collaborative providing funds from non-state sources in a total amount at least equal to: (1) 25 perc…

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 …

Sec. 547.0355. PETITION REQUIRED; CONTENTS. In each state fiscal year for which a community collaborative seeks a grant, the collaborative must submit a petition to the commission not later than the 30th day of that fiscal year. The collaborative must include with a petition: (1)…

Sec. 547.03551. COMMISSION ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVES. (a) The commission shall establish procedures to assist a community collaborative that includes a county with a population of less than 250,000 with submission of a petition under Section 547.0355. (b) If…

Sec. 547.0356. REVIEW OF PETITION BY COMMISSION. The commission must review plans submitted with a petition under Section 547.0355 before the commission provides a grant under this subchapter. The commission must fulfill this requirement not later than the 60th day of each fiscal…

Sec. 547.0357. USE OF GRANT MONEY AND MATCHING FUNDS. Acceptable uses of the grant money and matching funds include: (1) continuing a mental health jail diversion program; (2) establishing or expanding a mental health jail diversion program; (3) establishing alternatives to compe…

Sec. 547.0358. REPORT BY COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE. Not later than the 90th day after the last day of the state fiscal year for which the commission distributes a grant under this subchapter, each grant recipient shall prepare and submit a report to the commission describing the ef…

Sec. 547.0359. INSPECTIONS. The commission may inspect the operation and provision of mental health services provided by a community collaborative to ensure state money appropriated for the matching grant program is used effectively. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (…

Sec. 547.0360. ALLOCATING APPROPRIATED MONEY. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the commission shall reserve at least 20 percent of money appropriated to the commission for each fiscal year to implement the matching grant program to be awarded only as grants to a communit…

Sec. 547.0401. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "matching grant program" means the matching grant program established under this subchapter. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.

Sec. 547.0402. MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM. The commission shall establish a matching grant program to provide a grant to a county-based community collaborative in the most populous county in this state to reduce: (1) recidivism by, the frequency of arrests of, and incarceration of in…

Sec. 547.0403. MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS REQUIRED; GRANT CONDITIONS. (a) The commission shall condition a grant provided to the community collaborative under this subchapter on the collaborative providing funds from non-state sources in a total amount at least equal to the grant amo…

Sec. 547.0404. COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE ELIGIBILITY. (a) A community collaborative may receive a grant under the matching grant program only if the collaborative includes: (1) the county; (2) a local mental health authority operating in the county; and (3) each hospital district l…

Sec. 547.0405. DISTRIBUTION OF GRANT. Not later than the 30th day of each fiscal year, the commission shall make available to the community collaborative established in the county described by Section 547.0402 a grant in an amount equal to the lesser of: (1) the amount appropriat…

Sec. 547.0406. USE OF GRANT MONEY AND MATCHING FUNDS. Acceptable uses of the grant money and matching funds include: (1) continuing a mental health jail diversion program; (2) establishing or expanding a mental health jail diversion program; (3) establishing alternatives to compe…

Sec. 547.0407. REPORT BY COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE. Not later than the 90th day after the last day of the state fiscal year for which the commission distributes a grant under this subchapter, the grant recipient shall prepare and submit a report to the commission describing the eff…

Sec. 547.0408. INSPECTIONS. The commission may inspect the operation and provision of mental health services provided by the community collaborative to ensure state money appropriated for the matching grant program is used effectively. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769…

Sec. 547.0501. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Inpatient mental health facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 571.003, Health and Safety Code. (2) "Matching grant program" means the matching grant program established under this subchapter. (3) "State hospital" has th…

Sec. 547.0502. MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM. To the extent money is appropriated to the commission for that purpose, the commission shall establish a matching grant program to provide support to eligible entities for community-based initiatives that promote identification of mental hea…

Sec. 547.0503. CONTRACT WITH COMMISSION REQUIRED. The commission may award a grant under the matching grant program only in accordance with a contract between the commission and a grant recipient. The contract must include provisions under which the commission is given sufficient…

Sec. 547.0504. APPLICATION AND ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. The executive commissioner by rule shall establish application and eligibility requirements for an entity to be awarded a grant under the matching grant program. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1035 (S.B. 26), Sec.…

Sec. 547.0505. ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. The following entities are eligible to receive a grant awarded under the matching grant program: (1) a hospital licensed under Chapter 241, Health and Safety Code; (2) a mental hospital licensed under Chapter 577, Health and Safety Code; (3) a ho…

Sec. 547.0506. SELECTION OF RECIPIENTS: PRIORITIZATION OF CERTAIN ENTITIES. In awarding grants under the matching grant program, the commission shall prioritize entities that work with children and family members of children with a high risk of experiencing a crisis or developing…

Sec. 547.0507. MATCHING CONTRIBUTION REQUIRED. The commission shall condition each grant awarded under the matching grant program on the grant recipient providing matching money in an amount that is equal to at least 10 percent of the grant amount. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., …

Sec. 547.0508. USE OF GRANTS AND MATCHING AMOUNTS. (a) A grant recipient may only use grant money awarded under the matching grant program and matching money provided by the recipient to develop innovative strategies that provide: (1) resiliency; (2) coping and social skills; (3)…

Sec. 547.0509. EFFECT ON MEDICAID REQUIREMENTS. A Medicaid provider's receipt of a grant under the matching grant program does not affect any legal or contractual duty of the provider to comply with Medicaid requirements. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1035 (S.B. 26), S…

Sec. 547.0510. ALLOCATING APPROPRIATED MONEY. The commission may use a reasonable amount of the money appropriated by the legislature for the purposes of the matching grant program, not to exceed five percent, to pay the administrative costs of implementing and administering the …

Sec. 547.0551. 988 SUICIDE AND CRISIS LIFELINE TRUST FUND. (a) In this section, "trust company" means the Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company. (b) The 988 suicide and crisis lifeline trust fund is established as a trust fund outside the state treasury to be administered by t…