By: Gamez H.B. No. 3815
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the contents of a report on the regional allocation of
mental health beds.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 533.0515(e), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(e) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year,
the department, in conjunction with the commission and the advisory
panel, shall prepare and submit to the governor, the lieutenant
governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate
finance committee, the house appropriations committee, and the
standing committees of the legislature having jurisdiction over
mental health and human services a report that includes:
(1) a summary of the activities of the commission,
department, and advisory panel to develop or update the bed day
allocation methodology and bed day utilization review protocol;
(2) an explanation of the bed day allocation
methodology, the outcomes of the implementation of the bed day
allocation methodology by region, [including] an explanation of how
the actual outcomes aligned with or differed from the expected
outcomes, and factors that influence the applicability of the bed
day allocation methodology;
(3) for planning purposes, for each region, the actual
value of a bed day for the two years preceding the date of the report
and the projected value of a bed day for the five years following
the date of the report, as calculated by the department;
(4) for each region, an evaluation of the factors in
Subsection (c)(1)(A), [including the availability of resources in
the region,] that impact the use of state-funded beds in state
hospitals and other inpatient mental health facilities by the
patients described by Subsection (b), including:
(A) the availability of resources in the region;
(B) funding amounts and methodologies for the
resources identified in (A);
(C) the target and actual people served; and
(D) outcomes;
(5) the outcomes of the implementation of the bed day
utilization review protocol that includes the factors identified in
(c)(1)(B) and the impact of the use of the protocol on the use of
state-funded beds in state hospitals and other inpatient mental
health facilities by the patients described by Subsection (b); and
(6) any recommendations of the department,
commission, or advisory panel to enhance the effective and
efficient allocation of state-funded beds in state hospitals and
other inpatient mental health facilities for the patients described
by Subsection (b).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.