83R23326 AED-F
By: Garcia S.B. No. 1912
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 amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection
(a-1) to read as follows:
(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
and adults with severe mental illness who are experiencing
significant functional impairment due to a mental health disorder
defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5), including:
(1) bipolar disorder;
(2) [,] schizophrenia;
(3) major depressive disorder, including single
episode or recurrent major depressive disorder;
(4) post-traumatic stress disorder;
(5) schizoaffective disorder, including bipolar and
depressive types;
(6) obsessive compulsive disorder;
(7) anxiety disorder;
(8) attention deficit disorder;
(9) delusional disorder;
(10) bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, or other
eating disorders not otherwise specified; or
(11) any other diagnosed mental health disorder [, or
clinically severe depression and for children with serious
emotional illnesses].
(a-1) The local mental health authority shall ensure that
individuals are engaged with treatment services that are:
(1) ongoing and matched to the needs of the individual
in type, duration, and intensity;
(2) focused on a process of recovery designed to allow
the individual to progress through levels of service;
(3) guided by evidence-based protocols and a
strength-based paradigm of service; and
(4) monitored by a system that holds the local
authority accountable for specific outcomes, while allowing
flexibility to maximize local resources.
(b) 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 [for] managing adults with the
following disorders as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5):
(1) schizophrenia;
(2) [and] bipolar disorder;
(3) post-traumatic stress disorder;
(4) schizoaffective disorder, including bipolar and
depressive types;
(5) anxiety disorder; or
(6) delusional disorder [to reduce the involvement of
those client populations with the criminal justice system].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2014.