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| 1 | + | 86R3119 GCB-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Moody H.B. No. 1312 | |
| 3 | - | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1312: | |
| 4 | - | By: Bernal C.S.H.B. No. 1312 | |
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| 6 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 7 | relating to the provision of on-campus mental health services by a | |
| 10 | 8 | school district and reimbursement under Medicaid for certain | |
| 11 | 9 | services provided to eligible students. | |
| 12 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 13 | 11 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is | |
| 14 | 12 | amended by adding Sections 38.034 and 38.035 to read as follows: | |
| 15 | 13 | Sec. 38.034. ON-CAMPUS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. (a) A | |
| 16 | 14 | school district may contract with a local mental health authority | |
| 17 | 15 | to provide mental health services on a campus of the district. | |
| 18 | 16 | (b) At the request of a student's parent or guardian, a | |
| 19 | 17 | local mental health authority providing on-campus mental health | |
| 20 | 18 | services that conducts a mental health or behavioral health | |
| 21 | 19 | assessment of the student or provides mental health or behavioral | |
| 22 | - | health services to the student | |
| 23 | - | care physician the results of the assessment conducted and, | |
| 24 | - | applicable, the results of any services provided. | |
| 20 | + | health services to the student shall provide to the student's | |
| 21 | + | primary care physician the results of the assessment conducted and, | |
| 22 | + | if applicable, the results of any services provided. | |
| 25 | 23 | Sec. 38.035. REIMBURSEMENT UNDER MEDICAID. The Health and | |
| 26 | 24 | Human Services Commission shall allow a school district to enroll | |
| 27 | 25 | as a provider under the medical assistance program under Chapter | |
| 28 | 26 | 32, Human Resources Code, to provide and receive reimbursement for | |
| 29 | 27 | the provision of mental health services to district students who | |
| 30 | 28 | are medical assistance recipients. | |
| 31 | - | SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act | |
| 32 | - | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a | |
| 33 | - | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, | |
| 34 | - | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or | |
| 35 | - | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the | |
| 36 | - | waiver or authorization is granted. | |
| 37 | - | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 29 | + | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 38 | 30 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 39 | 31 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 40 | 32 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 41 | 33 | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |