86R22118 GCB-D
 
  By: Moody H.B. No. 1312
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1312:
 
  By:  Bernal C.S.H.B. No. 1312
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the provision of on-campus mental health services by a
  school district and reimbursement under Medicaid for certain
  services provided to eligible students.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Sections 38.034 and 38.035 to read as follows:
         Sec. 38.034.  ON-CAMPUS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. (a)  A
  school district may contract with a local mental health authority
  to provide mental health services on a campus of the district.
         (b)  At the request of a student's parent or guardian, a
  local mental health authority providing on-campus mental health
  services that conducts a mental health or behavioral health
  assessment of the student or provides mental health or behavioral
  health services to the student may provide to the student's primary
  care physician the results of the assessment conducted and, if
  applicable, the results of any services provided.
         Sec. 38.035.  REIMBURSEMENT UNDER MEDICAID. The Health and
  Human Services Commission shall allow a school district to enroll
  as a provider under the medical assistance program under Chapter
  32, Human Resources Code, to provide and receive reimbursement for
  the provision of mental health services to district students who
  are medical assistance recipients.
         SECTION 2.  If before implementing any provision of this Act
  a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
  federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
  the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
  authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
  waiver or authorization is granted.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2019.