85R23159 SMT-F     By: Coleman H.B. No. 4110     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4110:     By:  Stickland C.S.H.B. No. 4110       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to grants to establish or expand community collaboratives   for services to persons experiencing homelessness or mental illness   and county government planning for community collaboratives.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 539.002, Government Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 539.002.  GRANTS FOR ESTABLISHMENT AND EXPANSION OF   COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVES. (a)  To the extent funds are   appropriated to the department for that purpose, the department   shall make grants to entities, including local governmental   entities, nonprofit community organizations, and faith-based   community organizations, to establish or expand community   collaboratives that bring the public and private sectors together   to provide services to persons experiencing homelessness or [and]   mental illness.  [The department may make a maximum of five grants,   which must be made in the most populous municipalities in this state   that are located in counties with a population of more than one   million.]  In awarding grants, the department shall give special   consideration to entities:                (1)  establishing a new collaborative; or                (2)  establishing a new collaborative or expanding a   collaborative to serve two or more counties that each have a   population of less than 100,000.          (b)  The department shall require each entity awarded a grant   under this section to:                (1)  leverage additional funding from private sources   in an amount that is at least equal to the amount of the grant   awarded under this section; [and]                (2)  provide evidence of significant coordination and   collaboration between the entity, local mental health authorities,   municipalities, local law enforcement agencies, and other   community stakeholders in establishing or expanding a community   collaborative funded by a grant awarded under this section; and                (3)  provide evidence of a local law enforcement policy   to divert appropriate persons from jails or other detention   facilities to an entity affiliated with a community collaborative   for services.          SECTION 2.  Chapter 539, Government Code, is amended by   adding Section 539.0051 to read as follows:          Sec. 539.0051.  PLAN REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN COMMUNITY   COLLABORATIVES. (a)  The governing body of a county shall develop   and make public a plan detailing:                (1)  how local mental health authorities,   municipalities, local law enforcement agencies, and other   community stakeholders in the county could coordinate to establish   or expand a community collaborative to accomplish the goals of   Section 539.002;                (2)  how entities in the county may leverage funding   from private sources to accomplish the goals of Section 539.002   through the formation or expansion of a community collaborative;   and                (3)  how the formation or expansion of a community   collaborative could establish or support resources or services to   help local law enforcement agencies to divert persons who have been   arrested to appropriate mental health care.          (b)  The governing bodies of two or more counties that each   have a population of less than 100,000 may comply with Subsection   (a) by developing and making public a joint plan that otherwise   complies with Subsection (a).          (c)  The governing body of a county in which an entity that   received a grant under Section 539.002 before September 1, 2017, is   located is not required to develop a plan under Subsection (a).          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.