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| 1 | 1 | 86R11455 EAS-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Lozano H.B. No. 2774 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the provision of behavioral health services for certain | |
| 8 | 8 | persons under the medical assistance program. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | by adding Subsection (ll) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (ll) In this subsection, "serious mental illness" has the | |
| 13 | 13 | meaning assigned by Section 1355.001, Insurance Code. The | |
| 14 | 14 | commission in its rules and standards governing the scope of | |
| 15 | 15 | services provided under the medical assistance program shall | |
| 16 | 16 | include behavioral health services for a person who: | |
| 17 | 17 | (1) is at least 20 years of age but younger than 65 | |
| 18 | 18 | years of age; | |
| 19 | 19 | (2) has been diagnosed with a serious mental illness; | |
| 20 | 20 | and | |
| 21 | 21 | (3) has been arrested at least once. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act | |
| 23 | 23 | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a | |
| 24 | 24 | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, | |
| 25 | 25 | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or | |
| 26 | 26 | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the | |
| 27 | 27 | waiver or authorization is granted. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |