86R11455 EAS-F
By: Lozano H.B. No. 2774
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of behavioral health services for certain
persons under the medical assistance program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (ll) to read as follows:
(ll) In this subsection, "serious mental illness" has the
meaning assigned by Section 1355.001, Insurance Code. The
commission in its rules and standards governing the scope of
services provided under the medical assistance program shall
include behavioral health services for a person who:
(1) is at least 20 years of age but younger than 65
years of age;
(2) has been diagnosed with a serious mental illness;
and
(3) has been arrested at least once.
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, 2019.