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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain mental health screenings under the Texas Health |
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Steps program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 32.0249 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 32.0249. MENTAL HEALTH SCREENINGS IN TEXAS HEALTH |
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STEPS PROGRAM. The executive commissioner, in the rules governing |
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the Texas Health Steps program, shall: |
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(1) require that at least one mental health screening |
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be provided under the program using one or more validated, |
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standardized mental health screening tools to each recipient who is |
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at least 12 years of age but younger than 19 years of age; |
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(2) require the mental health screening described in |
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Subdivision (1) to be conducted during a recipient's annual medical |
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exam; |
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(3) allow a provider to conduct a mental health |
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screening using one or more validated, standardized mental health |
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screening tools during each annual medical exam of a recipient |
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described by Subdivision (1); and |
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(4) only allow a provider to be reimbursed for |
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conducting one mental health screening using one or more validated, |
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standardized mental health screening tools during each annual |
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medical exam of a recipient described by Subdivision (1). |
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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, 2017. |