Bill Text: TX HB1119 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a biennial report on the regional allocation of mental health beds.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB1119 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB1119-Introduced.html

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89R3257 MPF-F
By: Gámez H.B. No. 1119

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a biennial report on the regional allocation of mental
health beds.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 533.0515(e), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(e) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year,
[the department, in conjunction with] the commission and the
advisory panel[,] shall prepare and submit to the governor, the
lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives,
the senate finance committee, the house appropriations committee,
and the standing committees of the legislature having jurisdiction
over mental health and human services a report that includes:
(1) a summary of the activities of the commission[,
department,] and advisory panel to develop or update the bed day
allocation methodology and bed day utilization review protocol;
(2) an explanation of:
(A) the bed day allocation methodology;
(B) the outcomes of the implementation of the bed
day allocation methodology by region; [, including an explanation
of]
(C) how the actual outcomes aligned with or
differed from the expected outcomes; and
(D) factors influencing the applicability of the
bed day allocation methodology;
(3) for planning purposes, for each region, the actual
value of a bed day for the two years preceding the date of the report
and the projected value of a bed day for the five years following
the date of the report, as calculated by the commission
[department];
(4) for each region, an evaluation of the factors in
Subsection (c)(1)(A)[, including the availability of resources in
the region,] that impact the use of state-funded beds in state
hospitals and other inpatient mental health facilities by the
patients described by Subsection (b), including:
(A) the availability of resources in the region;
(B) funding amounts and methodologies for the
resources identified in Paragraph (A);
(C) the target number and actual number of
patients served; and
(D) outcomes of the use of state-funded beds;
(5) the outcomes of the implementation of the bed day
utilization review protocol, including the peer review process
identified by Subsection (c)(1)(B), and the impact of the use of the
protocol on the use of state-funded beds in state hospitals and
other inpatient mental health facilities by the patients described
by Subsection (b); and
(6) any recommendations of the [department,]
commission[,] or advisory panel to enhance the effective and
efficient allocation of state-funded beds in state hospitals and
other inpatient mental health facilities for the patients described
by Subsection (b).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.