Sec. 1001.225.  LIMITATION ON GRANTS.  The department may not award a grant to an entity for the provision of mental health services to veterans or veterans' families unless the entity demonstrates the entity:
(1)  has previously received and successfully executed a grant from the department; or 
(2)  provides training on military informed care or military cultural competency to entity personnel who provide  mental health services to veterans or veterans' families or requires those personnel to complete military competency training provided by any of the following: 
(A)  the Texas Veterans Commission; 
(B)  the commission; 
(C)  the Military Veteran Peer Network; 
(D)  the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration within the United States Department of Health and Human Services; 
(E)  the United States Department of Defense; 
(F)  the United States Department of Veterans Affairs; or
(G)  a nonprofit organization that is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, by being listed as an exempt entity under Section 501(c)(3) of that code, with experience in providing training or technical assistance to entities that provide mental health services to veterans or veterans' families.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 407 (H.B. 1457), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.