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Senate Bill 1177 |
Senate Author: Menéndez |
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Effective: 9-1-19 |
House Sponsor: Rose |
Senate Bill 1177 amends the Government Code to require a Medicaid managed care contract to contain language permitting a managed care organization to offer medically appropriate, cost‑effective, evidence‑based services from a list approved by the state Medicaid managed care advisory committee and included in the contract in lieu of mental health or substance use disorder services specified in the state Medicaid plan. A Medicaid recipient is not required to use a service from the list included in the contract in lieu of another such mental health or substance use disorder service.