The bill, H.B. No. 154, aims to enhance Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for certain inpatient mental health services in Texas. It introduces a new section, 32.02465, to the Human Resources Code, defining "inpatient mental health institution" as facilities with 16 or more beds that primarily provide health care services to individuals with mental illnesses. The bill mandates that the commission ensure medical assistance reimbursement for these institutions when they provide health care services to recipients under the medical assistance program.

Additionally, the bill specifies that the reimbursement must cover all health care services provided to recipients, regardless of age, and the entirety of their stay at the inpatient mental health institution during which those services were rendered. The implementation of this act is contingent upon obtaining any necessary waivers or authorizations from federal agencies, and it is set to take effect on September 1, 2025.

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