Bill Text: TX SB176 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the provision of on-campus mental health services by a school district and reimbursement under Medicaid for certain services provided to eligible students.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-03 - Referred to Education K-16 [SB176 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB176-Introduced.html
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| By: Menéndez | S.B. No. 176 | |
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| relating to the provision of on-campus mental health services by a | ||
| school district and reimbursement under Medicaid for certain | ||
| services provided to eligible students. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Sections 38.042 and 38.043 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 38.042. ON-CAMPUS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. (a) A | ||
| school district may contract with a local mental health authority | ||
| or a provider of community-based mental health services to provide | ||
| mental health services on a campus of the district. | ||
| (b) At the request of a student's parent or guardian, a | ||
| local mental health authority or a provider described by Subsection | ||
| (a) providing on-campus mental health services that conducts a | ||
| mental health or behavioral health assessment of the student or | ||
| provides mental health or behavioral health services to the student | ||
| may provide to the student's primary care physician the results of | ||
| any assessment conducted or services provided. | ||
| Sec. 38.043. REIMBURSEMENT UNDER MEDICAID. The Health and | ||
| Human Services Commission shall allow a school district to enroll | ||
| as a provider under the medical assistance program under Chapter | ||
| 32, Human Resources Code, to provide and receive reimbursement for | ||
| the provision of mental health services to district students who | ||
| are medical assistance recipients. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
