Amend SB 126 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 1, line 8, between "department" and "shall", insert ", in collaboration with the commission,".
(2) On page 1, line 11, strike "and the department" and substitute ", the department, and the commission".
(3) On page 1, line 16, between "(2)" and "managed", insert "Medicaid".
(4) On page 1, line 18, between "(3)" and "persons", insert "agencies, organizations, and".
(5) Strike page 1, line 20, through page 2, line 3, and substitute the following:
(b) The system must allow external users to view and compare the performance, outputs, and outcomes of the Medicaid managed care programs that provide mental health services.
(c) The department shall post the performance, output, and outcome measures on the department's website so that the information is accessible to the public. The department shall post the measures quarterly or semiannually in accordance with when the measures are reported to the department.
(d) The department shall consider public input in determining the appropriate outcome measures to collect in the public reporting system. To the extent possible, the department shall include outcome measures that capture inpatient psychiatric care diversion, avoidance of emergency room use, criminal justice diversion, and the numbers of people who are homeless served.
(e) The commission shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of establishing and maintaining the public reporting system, including, to the extent possible, the cost to the state and impact on managed care organizations and providers of collecting the outcome measures required by Subsection (d). Not later than December 1, 2014, the commission shall report the results of the study to the legislature and appropriate legislative committees.
(f) The department shall ensure that information reported through the public reporting system does not permit the identification of an individual.
(6) Insert the following appropriately numbered SECTION and renumber subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION ____. Not later than December 1, 2014, the Department of State Health Services shall submit a report to the legislature and the Legislative Budget Board on the development of the public reporting system as required by Section 1001.078, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, and the outcome measures collected.