(a) A community collaborative may petition the commission to receive a grant under the matching grant program only if the collaborative includes:
- (1) a county;
- (2) a local mental health authority that operates in the county; and
- (3) each hospital district, if any, located in the county.
- (b) A collaborative may include other local entities designated by the collaborative's members.
- (c) The commission may not award a grant under this subchapter for a fiscal year to a community collaborative that includes a county with a population greater than four million if the legislature appropriates money for a mental health jail diversion program in the county for that fiscal year.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.