Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

         
            88S30006 SCP-D
         
		By: Oliverson
            H.B. No. 17
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the provision of certain behavioral health services, 
         
            including intensive outpatient services and partial 
         
            hospitalization services, under Medicaid.
         
                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                   SECTION 1.  Section 533.00255(a), Government Code, is 
         
            amended to read as follows:
         
                   (a)  In this section:
         
                         (1)  "Behavioral [, "behavioral] health services" 
         
            means mental health and substance use [abuse] 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 on the 91st day after the 
         
            last day of the legislative session.
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Government Code 533.00255 (Government Code 533)



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the provision of certain behavioral health services,
	including intensive outpatient services and partial
	hospitalization services, under Medicaid.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 533.00255(a), Government Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(a) In this section:
	(1) "Behavioral [~~, "behavioral~~] health services"
	means mental health and substance use [~~abuse~~] 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 on the 91st day after the
	last day of the legislative session.