Bill Text: TX HB1413 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the adoption of rules regarding the provision of peer support services to persons older than a certain age and the provision of those services under Medicaid.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-05 - Referred to Human Services [HB1413 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1413-Introduced.html
87R6908 JG-D | ||
By: Romero, Jr. | H.B. No. 1413 |
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relating to the adoption of rules regarding the provision of peer | ||
support services to persons older than a certain age and the | ||
provision of those services under Medicaid. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 531.0999(a), Government Code, as added | ||
by Chapter 1015 (H.B. 1486), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2017, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) With input from mental health and substance use peer | ||
specialists and the work group described by Subsection (b), the | ||
commission shall develop and the executive commissioner shall | ||
adopt: | ||
(1) rules that establish training requirements for | ||
peer specialists so that they are able to provide services to | ||
persons with mental illness or services to persons with substance | ||
use conditions; | ||
(2) rules that establish certification and | ||
supervision requirements for peer specialists; | ||
(3) rules that define the scope of services that peer | ||
specialists may provide; | ||
(4) rules that distinguish peer services from other | ||
services that a person must hold a license to provide; [ |
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(5) rules that authorize the provision of peer | ||
services by a peer specialist to persons who are 14 years of age or | ||
older; and | ||
(6) any other rules necessary to protect the health | ||
and safety of persons receiving peer services. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 32.024(kk), Human Resources Code, as | ||
added by Chapter 1015 (H.B. 1486), Acts of the 85th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2017, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(kk) The commission in its rules and standards governing the | ||
scope of services provided under the medical assistance program | ||
shall include peer services provided by certified peer specialists, | ||
including peer services provided to persons who are 14 years of age | ||
or older, to the extent permitted by federal law. | ||
SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission shall adopt rules as necessary to implement the | ||
changes in law made by this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. 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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |