SECTION 2.04. Chapter 539, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 539.0051 to read as follows:
Sec. 539.0051. PLAN REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN COMMUNITY
COLLABORATIVES. (a) The governing body of a county shall develop
and make public a plan detailing:
(1) how local mental health authorities,
municipalities, local law enforcement agencies, and other
community stakeholders in the county could coordinate to establish
or expand a community collaborative to accomplish the goals of
Section 539.002;
(2) how entities in the county may leverage funding
from private sources to accomplish the goals of Section 539.002
through the formation or expansion of a community collaborative;
and
(3) how the formation or expansion of a community
collaborative could establish or support resources or services to
help local law enforcement agencies to divert persons who have been
arrested to appropriate mental health care or substance abuse
treatment.
(b) The governing body of a county in which an entity that
received a grant under Section 539.002 before September 1, 2017, is
located is not required to develop a plan under Subsection (a).
(c) Two or more counties, each with a population of less
than 100,000, may form a joint plan under Subsection (a).
ARTICLE 3. BAIL, PRETRIAL RELEASE, AND COUNTY JAIL STANDARDS
SECTION 3.01. The heading to Article 17.032, Code of
Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
Art. 17.032. RELEASE ON PERSONAL BOND OF CERTAIN [MENTALLY
ILL] DEFENDANTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY.
SECTION 3.02. Articles 17.032(b) and (c), Code of Criminal
Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
(b) A magistrate shall release a defendant on personal bond
unless good cause is shown otherwise if the:
(1) defendant is not charged with and has not been
previously convicted of a violent offense;