89R2183 SCF-F
By: Oliverson H.B. No. 2036
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of behavioral health services under the
Medicaid managed care program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 540.0703(a), Government Code, as
effective April 1, 2025, is amended to read as follows:
(a) In this section:
(1) "Behavioral [, "behavioral] health services"
means mental health and substance use disorder services. The term
includes intensive outpatient services and partial hospitalization
services.
(2) "Intensive outpatient services" means outpatient
treatment services, including treatment services for substance use
disorders, depression, eating disorders, and other mental health
conditions that do not require detoxification or 24-hour
supervision, provided to patients who require a time-limited,
multifaceted array of services, structures, and supports by a team
of clinical staff capable of providing, at a minimum, the following
services:
(A) individual counseling;
(B) group counseling;
(C) family counseling;
(D) motivational enhancement training; and
(E) relapse prevention, drug refusal, and coping
skills training.
(3) "Partial hospitalization services" means distinct
and organized intensive ambulatory treatment services provided for
periods of not more than 24 hours at a location other than a
patient's home or in an inpatient or a residential care setting.
The term includes the services described by 42 C.F.R. Section
410.43(a)(4).
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, 2025.