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AN ACT
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relating to employing and training mental health professionals for |
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the mental health program for veterans. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 434.352(a) and (b), Government Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The commission and the Health and Human [Department of |
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State Health] Services Commission shall coordinate to administer |
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the mental health program for veterans developed under Chapter |
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1001, Health and Safety Code. |
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(b) For the mental health program for veterans, the |
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commission shall: |
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(1) provide training to peer service coordinators and |
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peers in accordance with Section 434.353; |
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(2) provide technical assistance to peer service |
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coordinators and peers; |
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(3) identify, train, and communicate with |
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community-based licensed mental health professionals, |
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community-based organizations, and faith-based organizations; |
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(4) coordinate services for justice involved |
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veterans; [and] |
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(5) coordinate local delivery to veterans and |
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immediate family members of veterans of mental health first aid for |
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veterans training; and |
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(6) employ and train mental health professionals to |
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assist the Health and Human Services Commission in the |
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administration of the program. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3821 was passed by the House on May 8, |
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2021, by the following vote: Yeas 125, Nays 14, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 3821 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, |
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1 present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3821 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 24, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays |
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0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |