| 1 | 1 | | 89R2704 MM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Menéndez S.B. No. 176 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the provision of on-campus mental health services by a |
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| 10 | 10 | | school district and reimbursement under Medicaid for certain |
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| 11 | 11 | | services provided to eligible students. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended by adding Sections 38.042 and 38.043 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 38.042. ON-CAMPUS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. (a) A |
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| 16 | 16 | | school district may contract with a local mental health authority |
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| 17 | 17 | | or a provider of community-based mental health services to provide |
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| 18 | 18 | | mental health services on a campus of the district. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) At the request of a student's parent or guardian, a |
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| 20 | 20 | | local mental health authority or a provider described by Subsection |
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| 21 | 21 | | (a) providing on-campus mental health services that conducts a |
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| 22 | 22 | | mental health or behavioral health assessment of the student or |
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| 23 | 23 | | provides mental health or behavioral health services to the student |
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| 24 | 24 | | may provide to the student's primary care physician the results of |
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| 25 | 25 | | any assessment conducted or services provided. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Sec. 38.043. REIMBURSEMENT UNDER MEDICAID. The Health and |
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| 27 | 27 | | Human Services Commission shall allow a school district to enroll |
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| 28 | 28 | | as a provider under the medical assistance program under Chapter |
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| 29 | 29 | | 32, Human Resources Code, to provide and receive reimbursement for |
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| 30 | 30 | | the provision of mental health services to district students who |
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| 31 | 31 | | are medical assistance recipients. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 33 | 33 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 34 | 34 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 36 | 36 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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