88S30006 SCP-D
 
  By: Oliverson H.B. No. 17
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the provision of certain behavioral health services,
  including intensive outpatient services and partial
  hospitalization services, under Medicaid.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 533.00255(a), Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  In this section:
               (1)  "Behavioral [, "behavioral] health services"
  means mental health and substance use [abuse] disorder services.  
  The term includes intensive outpatient services and partial
  hospitalization services.
               (2)  "Intensive outpatient services" means outpatient
  treatment services, including treatment services for substance use
  disorders, depression, eating disorders, and other mental health
  conditions that do not require detoxification or 24-hour
  supervision, provided to patients who require a time-limited,
  multifaceted array of services, structures, and supports by a team
  of clinical staff capable of providing, at a minimum, the following
  services:
                     (A)  individual counseling;
                     (B)  group counseling;
                     (C)  family counseling;
                     (D)  motivational enhancement training; and
                     (E)  relapse prevention, drug refusal, and coping
  skills training.
               (3)  "Partial hospitalization services" means distinct
  and organized intensive ambulatory treatment services provided for
  periods of not more than 24 hours at a location other than a
  patient's home or in an inpatient or a residential care setting.
  The term includes the services described by 42 C.F.R. Section
  410.43(a)(4).
         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 on the 91st day after the
  last day of the legislative session.