TX HB4856

Requires local mental health authorities to provide monthly electronic expense reports detailing all expenditures to every governing body member, including ex officio nonvoting members

Mandates that governing bodies include at least one public member who has experience owning or operating a private business and has never served in elected office

Requires sheriffs to serve on governing bodies as ex officio nonvoting members (one sheriff for single-county authorities, two sheriffs for multi-county authorities), with the option to become voting members upon request

Prohibits employees of local mental health authorities from serving on their authority's governing body

Bans local mental health authorities from formulating, promoting, or implementing diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives or giving hiring/promotion preferences based on race, color, religion, national origin, or ethnicity, except where required by federal law