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