Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 307 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAM
Subchapter G - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH GRANT AND FUNDING PROGRAMS
Division 2 - RURAL INITIATIVES GRANT PROGRAM
Section 307.351 - Purpose
Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code § 307.351
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) The purpose of this division is to implement Texas Government Code § 531.09936 by establishing a grant program to assist with the establishment or expansion of behavioral health centers or jail diversion centers in a local mental health authority or local behavioral health authority's local service area to provide:
(1) additional forensic hospital beds and
competency restoration services;
(2) inpatient and outpatient mental health
services to adults and children; and
(3) services to reduce recidivism and the
frequency of arrest, incarceration, and emergency detentions among persons with
mental illness.
(b) To the extent money is appropriated to HHSC for this program, HHSC, in cooperation with local mental health authorities and local behavioral health authorities located primarily in rural areas of this state, awards contracts to nonprofit organizations or governmental entities under this division.
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