(a) The council:
- (1) shall develop and monitor the implementation of a five-year statewide behavioral health strategic plan;
- (2) shall develop a biennial coordinated statewide behavioral health expenditure proposal;
- (3) shall annually publish an updated inventory of behavioral health programs and services that this state funds that includes a description of how those programs and services further the purpose of the statewide behavioral health strategic plan;
- (4) may create subcommittees to carry out the council's duties under this subchapter; and
- (5) may facilitate opportunities to increase collaboration for the effective expenditure of available federal and state funds for behavioral and mental health services in this state.
- (b) The council shall include statewide suicide prevention efforts in the five-year statewide behavioral health strategic plan the council develops under Subsection (a).
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.