88R3673 GCB-D     By: Moody H.B. No. 1400       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the establishment of outpatient treatment programs to   provide court-ordered outpatient mental health services in certain   counties.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 574, Health and Safety   Code, is amended by adding Sections 574.038 and 574.039 to read as   follows:          Sec. 574.038.  ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL ASSISTED   OUTPATIENT TREATMENT PROGRAMS. The commissioners courts of two or   more counties may establish a regional assisted outpatient   treatment program to provide court-ordered outpatient mental   health services under this chapter in the participating counties.          Sec. 574.039.  MANDATORY PROGRAM IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a)     Subject to Subsection (b), the commissioners court of a county with   a population of more than 200,000 shall establish a program to   provide court-ordered outpatient mental health services under this   chapter and apply for federal and state funding to pay the program   costs. The criminal justice division of the governor's office may   assist a county in applying for federal funding.          (b)  A county is required to establish a program to provide   court-ordered outpatient mental health services under this chapter   only if the county receives federal or state funding specifically   for that purpose in an amount sufficient to pay the program costs.          (c)  A county that is required to establish a program to   provide court-ordered outpatient mental health services under this   chapter and fails to establish or to maintain that program is   ineligible to receive grant funding from this state or any state   agency.          SECTION 2.  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, 2023.