Bill Text: TX HB4510 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to mandatory accreditation for certain chemical dependency treatment facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-29 - Referred to Human Services [HB4510 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4510-Introduced.html
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| By: Raymond | H.B. No. 4510 | |
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| relating to mandatory accreditation for certain chemical | ||
| dependency treatment facilities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 464.001, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivision (2) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (1) "Accreditation commission" means the Commission | ||
| on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, the Joint | ||
| Commission, or another national accreditation organization | ||
| recognized by the department. | ||
| (2) "Chemical dependency" means: | ||
| (A) abuse of alcohol or a controlled substance; | ||
| (B) psychological or physical dependence on | ||
| alcohol or a controlled substance; or | ||
| (C) addiction to alcohol or a controlled | ||
| substance. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 464, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Sections 464.0053 and 464.0054 to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Sec. 464.0053. MANDATORY ACCREDITATION FOR CERTAIN | ||
| TREATMENT FACILITIES. (a) A treatment facility that provides | ||
| medical assistance under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, or | ||
| through a Medicaid managed care organization under Chapter 533, | ||
| Government Code, to an individual, must be accredited by an | ||
| accreditation commission. | ||
| (b) This section does not apply to an inmate substance abuse | ||
| treatment program operated by or under contract with the Texas | ||
| Department of Criminal Justice. | ||
| Sec. 464.0054. ACCREDITATION REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN | ||
| TREATMENT FACILITIES. A treatment facility that is required to be | ||
| licensed under this chapter must, whether applying for an initial | ||
| license or the renewal of a license, submit documentation | ||
| indicating that the facility is accredited. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 464.0055(d), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| repealed. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 464.0054, Health and Safety Code, as | ||
| added by this Act, applies only to the renewal of a license to | ||
| operate a chemical dependency treatment facility that expires on or | ||
| after the effective date of this Act. A license that expires before | ||
| that date is governed by the law in effect on the date the license | ||
| expires, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
