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Amend CSSB 58 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter B, Chapter 533, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 533.054 to read as follows:
Sec. 533.054. MANAGED CARE MODEL FOR DELIVERY OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES IN CERTAIN LOCAL SERVICE AREAS. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the community stakeholders in a local mental health authority's local service area may petition the commission for authorization for the delivery of behavioral health services in the area through a managed care model in which an independent behavioral health organization, through the local network development plan process, establishes and maintains a network of local public and private behavioral health service providers who provide services under contract with the organization.
(b) A behavioral health service delivery system established under this section:
(1) must include:
(A) the integration of behavioral health services and substance abuse treatment;
(B) separate entities for providing behavioral health services and for overseeing the provision of those services; and
(C) open behavioral health service provider networks;
(2) must integrate behavioral health services, including targeted case management and psychiatric rehabilitation services, and physical health services; and
(3) may not have waiting lists for behavioral health services.
(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt any rules necessary to implement and administer this section.