HB1819 - Relating to the administration of a grant program to support community mental health programs assisting veterans and their families.

  89R19096 MPF-D     By: Lopez of Bexar H.B. No. 1819     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1819:     By:  Hefner C.S.H.B. No. 1819       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the administration of a grant program to support   community mental health programs assisting veterans and their   families.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 547.0304 and 547.0305, Government Code,   as effective April 1, 2025, are amended to read as follows:          Sec. 547.0304.  MATCHING GRANT CONDITIONS: SINGLE COUNTIES.     For services and treatment provided in a single county, the   commission shall condition each grant provided under this   subchapter on a potential grant recipient providing funds from   non-state sources in a total amount at least equal to:                (1)  25 percent of the grant amount if the community   mental health program to be supported by the grant provides   services and treatment in a county with a population of less than   100,000;                (2)  50 percent of the grant amount if the community   mental health program to be supported by the grant provides   services and treatment in a county with a population of 100,000 or   more but less than 250,000; or                (3)   75 [ 100 ] percent of the grant amount if the   community mental health program to be supported by the grant   provides services and treatment in a county with a population of   250,000 or more.          Sec. 547.0305.  MATCHING GRANT CONDITIONS: MULTIPLE   COUNTIES.  For a community mental health program that provides   services and treatment in more than one county, the commission   shall condition each grant provided under this subchapter on a   potential grant recipient providing funds from non-state sources in   a total amount at least equal to:                (1)  25 percent of the grant amount if the county with   the largest population in which the community mental health program   to be supported by the grant provides services and treatment has a   population of less than 100,000;                (2)  50 percent of the grant amount if the county with   the largest population in which the community mental health program   to be supported by the grant provides services and treatment has a   population of 100,000 or more but less than 250,000; or                (3)   75 [ 100 ] percent of the grant amount if the county   with the largest population in which the community mental health   program to be supported by the grant provides services and   treatment has a population of 250,000 or more.          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   a grant awarded on or after the effective date of this Act.  A grant   awarded before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law   in effect on the date the award was made, and the former law is   continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  The Health and Human Services Commission is   required to implement the changes in law made by this Act to   Sections 547.0304 and 547.0305, Government Code, only if the   legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose in an   amount greater than the amount appropriated to the commission for   that purpose for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2025.     If the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that   purpose and in such amount, the commission may, but is not required   to, implement those changes in law using other money available to   the commission for that purpose.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.