(a) A nonprofit or governmental entity that applies for a grant under this subchapter must:
(1) notify each local mental health authority with a local service area covered wholly or partly by the entity’s proposed community mental health program; and
(2) provide in the entity’s application a letter of support from each of those local mental health authorities.
(b) The commission shall consider a local mental health authority’s written input before awarding a grant under this subchapter and may take any recommendations made by the authority.

Text of section effective on April 01, 2025