By: Nelson, Schwertner S.B. No. 126
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the creation of a mental health and substance abuse
  public reporting system.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 1001, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 1001.078 to read as follows:
         Sec. 1001.078.  MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PUBLIC
  REPORTING SYSTEM. (a)  The department shall establish and maintain
  a public reporting system of performance and outcome measures
  relating to mental health and substance abuse services established
  by the Legislative Budget Board and the department.  The system must
  allow external users to view and compare the performance, outputs,
  and outcomes of:
               (1)  community centers established under Subchapter A,
  Chapter 534, that provide mental health services;
               (2)  managed care pilot programs that provide mental
  health services; and
               (3)  persons that contract with the state to provide
  substance abuse services.
         (b)  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.
         (c)  The department shall ensure that information reported
  through the public reporting system does not permit the
  identification of an individual.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than December 1, 2013, the Department
  of State Health Services shall establish the public reporting
  system as required under Section 1001.078, Health and Safety Code,
  as added by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.