By: Coleman, Rose, J. Davis of Harris H.B. No. 2625
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to disease management practices of local mental health
authorities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 533.0354, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsections (a-1), (a-2), (b-1), and (f) to read
as follows:
(a-1) In addition to the services required under Subsection
(a), a local mental health authority shall ensure the provision of
assessment services, crisis services, and intensive and
comprehensive services using disease management practices for
children with serious emotional, behavioral, or mental disturbance
not described by Subsection (a) and adults with severe mental
illness who are experiencing significant functional impairment due
to a mental health disorder not described by Subsection (a) that is
defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5), including:
(1) major depressive disorder, including single
episode or recurrent major depressive disorder;
(2) post-traumatic stress disorder;
(3) schizoaffective disorder, including bipolar and
depressive types;
(4) obsessive compulsive disorder;
(5) anxiety disorder;
(6) attention deficit disorder;
(7) delusional disorder;
(8) bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, or other eating
disorders not otherwise specified; or
(9) any other diagnosed mental health disorder.
(a-2) The local mental health authority shall ensure that
individuals described by Subsection (a-1) are engaged with
treatment services in the manner described by Subsection (a).
(b-1) The department shall require each local mental health
authority to incorporate jail diversion strategies into the
authority's disease management practices to reduce the involvement
of the criminal justice system in managing adults with the
following disorders as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5), who are not
described by Subsection (b):
(1) post-traumatic stress disorder;
(2) schizoaffective disorder, including bipolar and
depressive types;
(3) anxiety disorder; or
(4) delusional disorder.
(f) The department may not use any appropriated state money
to implement or fund services under Subsection (a-1), (a-2), or
(b-1).
SECTION 2. The Department of State Health Services may
implement Sections 533.0354(a-1), (a-2), and (b-1), Health and
Safety Code, as added by this Act, only if a new statewide waiver or
authorization using local matching funds to fund the additional
populations is granted by the appropriate federal agency. If a new
statewide waiver or authorization is not granted, the department
may not implement Sections 533.0354(a-1), (a-2), and (b-1), Health
and Safety Code.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2014.