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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a system for monitoring prescriptions of certain drugs |
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under the Medicaid program for children in foster care. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 533, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 533.0161 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 533.0161. MONITORING OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG |
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PRESCRIPTIONS FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN. (a) In this section, |
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"psychotropic drug" has the meaning assigned by Section 261.111, |
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Family Code. |
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(b) The commission shall implement a system under which the |
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commission will use Medicaid vendor drug program data to monitor |
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the prescribing of psychotropic drugs for children who are: |
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(1) in the conservatorship of the Department of Family |
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and Protective Services; and |
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(2) enrolled in the STAR Medicaid managed care |
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program. |
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(c) The commission shall include as a component of the |
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monitoring system required by this section a medical review of a |
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prescription to which Subsection (b) applies when that review is |
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appropriate. |
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SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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waiver or authorization is granted. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |