Relating to the administration of a grant program to support community mental health programs assisting veterans and their families, the official text

S.B. No. 897

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.

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 897 passed the Senate on

April 10, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.

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Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 897 passed the House on

April 30, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, two

present not voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor