| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to standards for mental health services provided to |
|
|
certain individuals with intellectual and developmental |
|
|
disabilities. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 533, Health and Safety |
|
|
Code, is amended by adding Section 533.054 to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 533.054. STANDARDS FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED |
|
|
TO RESIDENTS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. (a) |
|
|
The executive commissioner, after consultation with the |
|
|
department, by rule shall develop standards for the adequate |
|
|
provision of quality mental health services to individuals with |
|
|
intellectual and developmental disabilities and co-occurring |
|
|
mental health conditions, including substance use conditions, who |
|
|
are residing in department facilities. |
|
|
(b) In developing the standards under Subsection (a), the |
|
|
executive commissioner shall emphasize the importance of |
|
|
trauma-informed care and ensure that the mental health services |
|
|
provided to individuals described by Subsection (a) include |
|
|
services relating to: |
|
|
(1) assessment; |
|
|
(2) evaluation, including evaluation for past trauma; |
|
|
(3) diagnosis; |
|
|
(4) treatment; and |
|
|
(5) recovery. |
|
|
(c) The executive commissioner, with stakeholder input and |
|
|
after holding a public hearing, shall review and update the |
|
|
standards every five years. |
|
|
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 534, Health and Safety |
|
|
Code, is amended by adding Section 534.0525 to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 534.0525. STANDARDS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED MENTAL HEALTH |
|
|
SERVICES PROVIDED TO INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND |
|
|
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. (a) The executive commissioner, after |
|
|
consultation with the department, by rule shall develop standards |
|
|
for the adequate provision of quality community-based mental health |
|
|
services through a local mental health authority under this |
|
|
subchapter to individuals with intellectual and developmental |
|
|
disabilities and co-occurring mental health conditions, including |
|
|
substance use conditions. |
|
|
(b) In developing the standards under Subsection (a), the |
|
|
executive commissioner shall emphasize the importance of |
|
|
trauma-informed care and ensure that the mental health services |
|
|
provided to the individuals described by Subsection (a) include the |
|
|
services required by Section 534.053 and services relating to: |
|
|
(1) assessment; |
|
|
(2) evaluation, including evaluation for past trauma; |
|
|
(3) diagnosis; |
|
|
(4) treatment; and |
|
|
(5) recovery. |
|
|
(c) The executive commissioner, with stakeholder input and |
|
|
after holding a public hearing, shall review and update the |
|
|
standards every five years. |
|
|
SECTION 3. The executive commissioner of the Health and |
|
|
Human Services Commission shall adopt rules as required by Sections |
|
|
533.054 and 534.0525, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, |
|
|
as soon as practicable. |
|
|
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |