88R6362 BDP-D
By: Jetton, Rose, Price, Allison, H.B. No. 1898
Thompson of Harris, et al.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a grant program to fund the provision by children's
hospitals of mental and behavioral health services to children in
this state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 531.09936 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.09936. GRANT PROGRAM TO FUND MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH SERVICES BY CERTAIN CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS. (a) In this
section:
(1) "Children's hospital" means a hospital designated
by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as a children's
hospital that is exempted by that federal agency from payment under
the inpatient prospective payment system under Medicare.
(2) "Grant program" means the grant program
established under Subsection (b).
(b) To the extent funds are appropriated to the commission
for that purpose, the commission shall establish a grant program
under which the commission provides grants to children's hospitals
for the purpose of supporting and expanding the provision of mental
and behavioral health services to children in this state. A grant
awarded under the grant program may be a:
(1) planning grant;
(2) development grant;
(3) capital improvement grant; or
(4) grant for transitional operating support.
(c) A children's hospital may apply for a grant under the
grant program in the form and manner prescribed by the commission.
(d) A grant recipient may use a grant awarded under the
grant program only to increase the recipient's capacity to provide
mental and behavioral health care services to children in this
state. The commission shall monitor and evaluate the use of money
awarded under the grant program to ensure compliance with this
subsection.
(e) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year,
the commission shall submit a biennial report to the legislature on
the performance of the grant program during the preceding two state
fiscal years. The report must include the name of each grant
recipient awarded a grant under the program and the amount of the
recipient's award during the fiscal years covered by the report.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.