HB2036 - Relating to the provision of behavioral health services under the Medicaid managed care program.

  89R2183 SCF-F     By: Oliverson H.B. No. 2036       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the provision of behavioral health services under the   Medicaid managed care program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 540.0703(a), Government Code, as   effective April 1, 2025, is amended to read as follows:          (a)  In this section :                 (1)  "Behavioral [ , "behavioral ] health services"   means mental health and substance use disorder services.   The term   includes intensive outpatient services and partial hospitalization   services.                 (2)     "Intensive outpatient services" means outpatient   treatment services, including treatment services for substance use   disorders, depression, eating disorders, and other mental health   conditions that do not require detoxification or 24-hour   supervision, provided to patients who require a time-limited,   multifaceted array of services, structures, and supports by a team   of clinical staff capable of providing, at a minimum, the following   services:                       (A)  individual counseling;                       (B)  group counseling;                       (C)  family counseling;                       (D)  motivational enhancement training; and                       (E)     relapse prevention, drug refusal, and coping   skills training.                 (3)     "Partial hospitalization services" means distinct   and organized intensive ambulatory treatment services provided for   periods of not more than 24 hours at a location other than a   patient's home or in an inpatient or a residential care setting.   The term includes the services described by 42 C.F.R. Section   410.43(a)(4).          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.