| 1 | 1 | | By: Giddings H.B. No. 4681 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the active seeking of waivers of federal requirements |
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| 7 | 7 | | and modifications of federal regulations for federal Medicaid |
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| 8 | 8 | | reimbursement for certain mental health evaluation and treatment |
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| 9 | 9 | | facilities. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 533, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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| 12 | 12 | | by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 533.001. GIFTS AND GRANTS. (a) The department may |
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| 14 | 14 | | negotiate with a federal agency to obtain grants to assist in |
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| 15 | 15 | | expanding and improving mental health and mental retardation |
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| 16 | 16 | | services in this state. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) The department may accept gifts and grants of money, |
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| 18 | 18 | | personal property, and real property to expand and improve the |
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| 19 | 19 | | mental health and mental retardation services available to the |
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| 20 | 20 | | people of this state. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (c) The department may accept gifts and grants of money, |
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| 22 | 22 | | personal property, and real property on behalf of a department |
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| 23 | 23 | | facility to expand and improve the mental health or mental |
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| 24 | 24 | | retardation services available at the facility. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (d) The department shall use a gift or grant made for a |
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| 26 | 26 | | specific purpose in accordance with the purpose expressly |
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| 27 | 27 | | prescribed by the donor. The department may decline the gift or |
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| 28 | 28 | | grant if the department determines that it cannot be economically |
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| 29 | 29 | | used for that purpose. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (e) The department shall keep a record of each gift or grant |
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| 31 | 31 | | in the department's central office in the city of Austin. |
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| 32 | 32 | | (f) The department, in cooperation with the state |
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| 33 | 33 | | congressional delegation, shall actively seek waivers of federal |
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| 34 | 34 | | requirements and such modifications of federal regulations as are |
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| 35 | 35 | | necessary to allow federal medicaid reimbursement for services |
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| 36 | 36 | | provided by free-standing evaluation and treatment facilities |
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| 37 | 37 | | certified under Subtitle C, Title 7 of the this Code. The |
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| 38 | 38 | | department shall periodically report its efforts to the appropriate |
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| 39 | 39 | | committees of the senate and the house of representatives. |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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