SB 897

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