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  89R16170 RAL-D     By: Howard H.B. No. 5142       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the authority of the Department of State Health   Services to lease certain real property.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 533, Health and Safety   Code, is amended by adding Section 533.088 to read as follows:           Sec.   533.088.     LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY ON AUSTIN STATE   HOSPITAL CAMPUS. Notwithstanding Section 533.084 or 533.087 or any   other law, the department, in coordination with the executive   commissioner, may lease real property or an improvement on the   Austin State Hospital campus for less than the prevailing market   rate, without advertisement or competitive bidding, if:                 (1)     the executive commissioner determines the real   property or improvement is not being used by the department; and                 (2)  the real property or improvement:                       (A)     will be used to provide mental health   services, including jail diversion services; and                       (B)  is leased to a unit of local government.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.