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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the creation of a mental health and substance abuse |
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public reporting system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 1001, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 1001.078 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1001.078. MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PUBLIC |
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REPORTING SYSTEM. (a) The department shall establish and maintain |
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a public reporting system of performance and outcome measures |
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relating to mental health and substance abuse services established |
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by the Legislative Budget Board and the department. The system must |
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allow external users to view and compare the performance, outputs, |
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and outcomes of: |
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(1) community centers established under Subchapter A, |
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Chapter 534, that provide mental health services; |
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(2) managed care pilot programs that provide mental |
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health services; and |
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(3) persons that contract with the state to provide |
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substance abuse services. |
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(b) The department shall post the performance, output, and |
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outcome measures on the department's website so that the |
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information is accessible to the public. The department shall post |
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the measures quarterly or semiannually in accordance with when the |
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measures are reported to the department. |
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(c) The department shall ensure that information reported |
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through the public reporting system does not permit the |
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identification of an individual. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2013, the Department |
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of State Health Services shall establish the public reporting |
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system as required under Section 1001.078, Health and Safety Code, |
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as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |