HB154 - Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for certain inpatient mental health services.

  89R224 JG-D     By: Raymond H.B. No. 154       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for certain   inpatient mental 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 32.02465 to read as follows:           Sec.   32.02465.     REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTAIN INPATIENT MENTAL   HEALTH SERVICES. (a) In this section, "inpatient mental health   institution" means a hospital, nursing facility, or other   institution with 16 or more beds that primarily provides health   care services, including medical attention, nursing care, and   related services, to individuals with a mental illness.           (b)     The commission shall ensure that medical assistance   reimbursement is provided to an inpatient mental health institution   that provides health care services to a recipient under the medical   assistance program.           (c)     The executive commissioner by rule shall ensure that   medical assistance reimbursement provided under this section   includes reimbursement for:                 (1)     health care services provided to a recipient under   the medical assistance program regardless of the recipient's age;   and                 (2)     the entirety of a recipient's stay at an inpatient   mental health institution during which the institution provided   those services.          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, 2025.