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1	1	By: Jetton, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 1898
2	2	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2023;
3	3	April 19, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Health &
4	4	Human Services; May 21, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable
5	5	Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 1;
6	6	May 21, 2023, sent to printer.)
7	7	Click here to see the committee vote
8	8	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1898 By: Hancock
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11	11	COMMITTEE VOTE
12	12	YeaNayAbsentPNV
13	13	KolkhorstX
14	14	PerryX
15	15	BlancoX
16	16	HallX
17	17	HancockX
18	18	HughesX
19	19	LaMantiaX
20	20	MilesX
21	21	SparksX
22	22	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
23	23	AN ACT
24	24	relating to a grant program to fund the provision by children's
25	25	hospitals of mental and behavioral health services to children in
26	26	this state.
27	27	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
28	28	SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
29	29	amended by adding Section 531.09936 to read as follows:
30	30	Sec. 531.09936. GRANT PROGRAM TO FUND MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL
31	31	HEALTH SERVICES BY CERTAIN CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS. (a) In this
32	32	section:
33	33	(1) "Children's hospital" means a hospital designated
34	34	by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as a children's
35	35	hospital that is exempted by that federal agency from payment under
36	36	the inpatient prospective payment system under Medicare.
37	37	(2) "Grant program" means the grant program
38	38	established under Subsection (b).
39	39	(b) If and to the extent money is specifically appropriated
40	40	to the commission for that purpose, the commission shall establish
41	41	a grant program under which the commission provides grants to
42	42	children's hospitals that the hospitals may, except as provided by
43	43	Subsection (e), use to directly provide mental and behavioral
44	44	health services to children in this state.
45	45	(c) A children's hospital may apply for a grant under the
46	46	grant program in the form and manner prescribed by the commission.
47	47	(d) A grant recipient may not use a grant awarded under the
48	48	grant program to:
49	49	(1) reimburse an expense or pay a cost that a health
50	50	benefit plan or other source, including Medicaid, is obligated to
51	51	reimburse or pay by law or contract; or
52	52	(2) provide mental health services, including
53	53	treatments or procedures, to a child that affirm the child's
54	54	perception of the child's sex if that perception is inconsistent
55	55	with the child's biological sex.
56	56	(e) The commission shall monitor and evaluate the use of
57	57	money awarded under the grant program to ensure compliance with
58	58	this section.
59	59	(f) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year,
60	60	the commission shall submit a biennial report to the legislature on
61	61	the performance of the grant program during the preceding two state
62	62	fiscal years. The report must include the name of each grant
63	63	recipient awarded a grant under the program and the amount of the
64	64	recipient's award during the fiscal years covered by the report.
65	65	(g) This section expires September 1, 2027.
66	66	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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