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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the contents of a report on the regional allocation of |
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mental health beds. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 533.0515(e), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(e) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, |
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the department, in conjunction with the commission and the advisory |
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panel, shall prepare and submit to the governor, the lieutenant |
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governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate |
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finance committee, the house appropriations committee, and the |
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standing committees of the legislature having jurisdiction over |
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mental health and human services a report that includes: |
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(1) a summary of the activities of the commission, |
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department, and advisory panel to develop or update the bed day |
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allocation methodology and bed day utilization review protocol; |
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(2) an explanation of the bed day allocation |
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methodology, the outcomes of the implementation of the bed day |
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allocation methodology by region, [including] an explanation of how |
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the actual outcomes aligned with or differed from the expected |
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outcomes, and factors that influence the applicability of the bed |
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day allocation methodology; |
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(3) for planning purposes, for each region, the actual |
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value of a bed day for the two years preceding the date of the report |
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and the projected value of a bed day for the five years following |
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the date of the report, as calculated by the department; |
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(4) for each region, an evaluation of the factors in |
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Subsection (c)(1)(A), [including the availability of resources in |
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the region,] that impact the use of state-funded beds in state |
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hospitals and other inpatient mental health facilities by the |
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patients described by Subsection (b), including: |
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(A) the availability of resources in the region; |
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(B) funding amounts and methodologies for the |
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resources identified in (A); |
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(C) the target and actual people served; and |
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(D) outcomes; |
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(5) the outcomes of the implementation of the bed day |
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utilization review protocol that includes the factors identified in |
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(c)(1)(B) and the impact of the use of the protocol on the use of |
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state-funded beds in state hospitals and other inpatient mental |
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health facilities by the patients described by Subsection (b); and |
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(6) any recommendations of the department, |
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commission, or advisory panel to enhance the effective and |
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efficient allocation of state-funded beds in state hospitals and |
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other inpatient mental health facilities for the patients described |
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by Subsection (b). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |