H.B. No. 1600
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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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1600 was passed by the House on April
19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 119, Nays 29, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 1600 on May 26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 14,
2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1600 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays
2.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor