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Deputy administrator warns draft bill could require large Texas counties to manage homelessness without state funding
Summary
Russell Schoepner, Collin County deputy administrator, updated the court on a draft bill that might require counties above a population threshold to coordinate homelessness services. He warned Collin County, currently at 1,064,465, could grow into the bracket and that the draft contained no dedicated state funding.
Russell Schoepner, Collin County deputy county administrator, briefed Commissioners Court on a set of legislative items and highlighted a draft bill that would make counties above a population threshold responsible for coordinating homelessness services.
Why it matters: If enacted as drafted, Schoepner said the bill would require counties above the threshold — described in the briefing as 1.3 million residents — to manage a wide range of homelessness functions, including crisis management, temporary and permanent housing, mental‑health services and case management, with no direct state funding attached.
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