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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the provision of behavioral health services for certain |
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persons under the medical assistance program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (ll) to read as follows: |
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(ll) In this subsection, "serious mental illness" has the |
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meaning assigned by Section 1355.001, Insurance Code. The |
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commission in its rules and standards governing the scope of |
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services provided under the medical assistance program shall |
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include behavioral health services for a person who: |
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(1) is at least 20 years of age but younger than 65 |
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years of age; |
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(2) has been diagnosed with a serious mental illness; |
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and |
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(3) has been arrested at least once. |
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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, 2019. |