Sec. 420.005. GRANTS

(a) The attorney general may award grants to programs described by Section 420.008. A grant may not result in the reduction of the financial support a program receives from another source.

(b) The attorney general may by rule require that to be eligible for a grant, certain programs must provide at a minimum:

(1) a 24-hour crisis hotline;

(2) crisis intervention;

(3) public education;

(4) advocacy and accompaniment to hospitals, law enforcement offices, prosecutors' offices, and courts for survivors and their family members; and

(5) crisis intervention volunteer training.

(c) The attorney general by rule shall require a program receiving a grant to:

(1) submit quarterly and annual financial reports to the attorney general;

(2) submit to an annual independent financial audit;

(3) cooperate with the attorney general during site-monitoring visits; and

(4) offer the minimum services described by Subsection (b) for at least nine months before receiving a grant.

(d) This section does not prohibit a program from offering any additional service, including a service for sexual assault offenders.

(e) A grant is governed by Chapter 783 and rules adopted under that chapter.

(f) The receipt of grant money by a program may be suspended in case of a dispute about the eligibility of the program to receive the money under this chapter. A hearing on the dispute must be held within a reasonable time, as established by rule by the attorney general.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Renumbered from Health and Safety Code Sec. 44.005 and amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 784, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1206 , Sec. 4, eff. January 1, 2008.