of an offense under Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, 49.065,
49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code.
SECTION 2.03. Section 539.002, Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 539.002. GRANTS FOR ESTABLISHMENT AND EXPANSION OF
COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVES. (a) To the extent funds are
appropriated to the department for that purpose, the department
shall make grants to entities, including local governmental
entities, nonprofit community organizations, and faith-based
community organizations, to establish or expand community
collaboratives that bring the public and private sectors together
to provide services to persons experiencing homelessness,
substance abuse issues, or [and] mental illness. [The department
may make a maximum of five grants, which must be made in the most
populous municipalities in this state that are located in counties
with a population of more than one million.] In awarding grants,
the department shall give special consideration to entities:
(1) establishing [a] new collaboratives; or
(2) establishing or expanding collaboratives that
serve two or more counties, each with a population of less than
100,000 [collaborative].
(b) The department shall require each entity awarded a grant
under this section to:
(1) leverage additional funding from private sources
in an amount that is at least equal to the amount of the grant
awarded under this section; [and]
(2) provide evidence of significant coordination and
collaboration between the entity, local mental health authorities,
municipalities, local law enforcement agencies, and other
community stakeholders in establishing or expanding a community
collaborative funded by a grant awarded under this section; and
(3) provide evidence of a local law enforcement policy
to divert appropriate persons from jails or other detention
facilities to an entity affiliated with a community collaborative
for the purpose of providing services to those persons.