| 1 | 1 | | By: Gamez H.B. No. 3815 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the contents of a report on the regional allocation of |
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| 7 | 7 | | mental health beds. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Sections 533.0515(e), Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (e) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, |
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| 12 | 12 | | the department, in conjunction with the commission and the advisory |
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| 13 | 13 | | panel, shall prepare and submit to the governor, the lieutenant |
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| 14 | 14 | | governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate |
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| 15 | 15 | | finance committee, the house appropriations committee, and the |
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| 16 | 16 | | standing committees of the legislature having jurisdiction over |
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| 17 | 17 | | mental health and human services a report that includes: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) a summary of the activities of the commission, |
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| 19 | 19 | | department, and advisory panel to develop or update the bed day |
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| 20 | 20 | | allocation methodology and bed day utilization review protocol; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) an explanation of the bed day allocation |
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| 22 | 22 | | methodology, the outcomes of the implementation of the bed day |
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| 23 | 23 | | allocation methodology by region, [including] an explanation of how |
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| 24 | 24 | | the actual outcomes aligned with or differed from the expected |
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| 25 | 25 | | outcomes, and factors that influence the applicability of the bed |
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| 26 | 26 | | day allocation methodology; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (3) for planning purposes, for each region, the actual |
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| 28 | 28 | | value of a bed day for the two years preceding the date of the report |
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| 29 | 29 | | and the projected value of a bed day for the five years following |
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| 30 | 30 | | the date of the report, as calculated by the department; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (4) for each region, an evaluation of the factors in |
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| 32 | 32 | | Subsection (c)(1)(A), [including the availability of resources in |
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| 33 | 33 | | the region,] that impact the use of state-funded beds in state |
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| 34 | 34 | | hospitals and other inpatient mental health facilities by the |
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| 35 | 35 | | patients described by Subsection (b), including: |
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| 36 | 36 | | (A) the availability of resources in the region; |
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| 37 | 37 | | (B) funding amounts and methodologies for the |
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| 38 | 38 | | resources identified in (A); |
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| 39 | 39 | | (C) the target and actual people served; and |
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| 40 | 40 | | (D) outcomes; |
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| 41 | 41 | | (5) the outcomes of the implementation of the bed day |
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| 42 | 42 | | utilization review protocol that includes the factors identified in |
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| 43 | 43 | | (c)(1)(B) and the impact of the use of the protocol on the use of |
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| 44 | 44 | | state-funded beds in state hospitals and other inpatient mental |
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| 45 | 45 | | health facilities by the patients described by Subsection (b); and |
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| 46 | 46 | | (6) any recommendations of the department, |
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| 47 | 47 | | commission, or advisory panel to enhance the effective and |
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| 48 | 48 | | efficient allocation of state-funded beds in state hospitals and |
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| 49 | 49 | | other inpatient mental health facilities for the patients described |
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| 50 | 50 | | by Subsection (b). |
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| 51 | 51 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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