Bill Text: TX SB1921 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to Medicaid reimbursement for the provision of certain behavioral health and physical health services.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-18 - Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 1, 2022 [SB1921 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB1921-Introduced.html

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87R2298 JG-D
By: Lucio S.B. No. 1921

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to Medicaid reimbursement for the provision of certain
behavioral health and physical health services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Section 32.0246 to read as follows:
Sec. 32.0246. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTAIN
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL HEALTH SERVICES. (a) In this
section, "behavioral health services" has the meaning assigned by
Section 533.00255(a), Government Code, and includes targeted case
management and psychiatric rehabilitation services.
(b) The commission shall provide to a public or private
provider of behavioral health services medical assistance
reimbursement through a fee-for-service delivery model for
behavioral health or physical health services provided to a
recipient before that recipient's enrollment with and receipt of
medical assistance services through a managed care organization
under Chapter 533, Government Code.
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 September 1, 2021.