Text of section effective until April 01, 2025
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 or substance abuse treatment.
(b)  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).
(c)  Two or more counties, each with a population of less than 100,000, may form a joint plan under Subsection (a).
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 950 (S.B. 1849), Sec. 2.04, eff. September 1, 2017.
Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 3.01(3), eff. April 1, 2025.