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House Bill 2163 |
House Author: Turner, Sylvester et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-09 |
Senate Sponsor: Uresti |
House Bill 2163 amends the Government Code to require the Health and Human Services Commission to conduct a study to determine the appropriateness and safety of providing antipsychotic or neuroleptic medication through the Medicaid vendor drug program to children younger than 16 years of age. The bill prescribes the factors required to be considered by the study and requires the executive commissioner of the commission not later than November 10, 2010, to report the results of the study to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the chairs of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services and the House Committee on Public Health.