Substring text with HTML tags in Javascript

Do you have solution to substring text with HTML tags in Javascript?

For example:

var str = 'Lorem ipsum <a href="#">dolor <strong>sit</strong> amet</a>, consectetur adipiscing elit.'

html_substr(str, 20)
// return Lorem ipsum <a href="#">dolor <strong>si</strong></a>

html_substr(str, 30)
// return Lorem ipsum <a href="#">dolor <strong>sit</strong> amet</a>, co