By Salinas                                            H.B. No. 2009
         77R4912 SMJ-F                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to requirements for state funding for certain chemical
 1-3     dependency treatment facilities.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 464, Health and Safety Code,
 1-6     is amended by adding Section 464.021 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 464.021.  FUNDING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN TREATMENT
 1-8     FACILITIES. (a)  A contract between a treatment facility and the
 1-9     commission that includes a provision for funding from the
1-10     commission must require the treatment facility to contract with the
1-11     Health and Human Services Commission for funding from the medical
1-12     assistance program under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code.
1-13           (b)  The commission is the funding provider of last resort
1-14     for a treatment facility.
1-15           (c)  The commission may not provide more than 50 percent of
1-16     the money used to fund treatment at a treatment facility.
1-17           (d)  The commission shall adopt rules to implement this
1-18     section.
1-19           SECTION 2. (a)  Section 464.021, Health and Safety Code, as
1-20     added by this Act, applies only to a contract for funding for a
1-21     treatment facility, as that term is defined by Section 464.001,
1-22     Health and Safety Code, that is entered into on or after the
1-23     effective date of this Act.  A contract for funding for a treatment
1-24     facility that is entered into before the effective date of this Act
 2-1     is governed by the law in effect at the time the contract is
 2-2     entered into, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
 2-3           (b)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.