By: Thompson of Harris, et al. H.B. No. 1600
(Senate Sponsor - Watson)
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2017;
May 8, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Health &
Human Services; May 17, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
May 17, 2017, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1600 By: Watson
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain mental health screenings under the Texas Health
Steps program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Section 32.0249 to read as follows:
Sec. 32.0249. MENTAL HEALTH SCREENINGS IN TEXAS HEALTH
STEPS PROGRAM. The executive commissioner, in the rules governing
the Texas Health Steps program, shall allow a provider to:
(1) conduct a mental health screening using one or
more validated, standardized mental health screening tools during
each annual medical exam of a recipient who is at least 12 years of
age but younger than 19 years of age; and
(2) be reimbursed for conducting one mental health
screening using one or more validated, standardized mental health
screening tools during each annual medical exam of a recipient
described by Subdivision (1).
SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act
a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
waiver or authorization is granted.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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