Bill Text: TX HB2625 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to disease management practices of local mental health authorities.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-13 - Referred to Health & Human Services [HB2625 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2625-Engrossed.html
| By: Coleman, Rose, J. Davis of Harris | H.B. No. 2625 | |
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| relating to disease management practices of local mental health | ||
| authorities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 533.0354, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsections (a-1), (a-2), (b-1), and (f) to read | ||
| as follows: | ||
| (a-1) In addition to the services required under Subsection | ||
| (a), a local mental health authority shall ensure the provision of | ||
| assessment services, crisis services, and intensive and | ||
| comprehensive services using disease management practices for | ||
| children with serious emotional, behavioral, or mental disturbance | ||
| not described by Subsection (a) and adults with severe mental | ||
| illness who are experiencing significant functional impairment due | ||
| to a mental health disorder not described by Subsection (a) that is | ||
| defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental | ||
| Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5), including: | ||
| (1) major depressive disorder, including single | ||
| episode or recurrent major depressive disorder; | ||
| (2) post-traumatic stress disorder; | ||
| (3) schizoaffective disorder, including bipolar and | ||
| depressive types; | ||
| (4) obsessive compulsive disorder; | ||
| (5) anxiety disorder; | ||
| (6) attention deficit disorder; | ||
| (7) delusional disorder; | ||
| (8) bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, or other eating | ||
| disorders not otherwise specified; or | ||
| (9) any other diagnosed mental health disorder. | ||
| (a-2) The local mental health authority shall ensure that | ||
| individuals described by Subsection (a-1) are engaged with | ||
| treatment services in the manner described by Subsection (a). | ||
| (b-1) The department shall require each local mental health | ||
| authority to incorporate jail diversion strategies into the | ||
| authority's disease management practices to reduce the involvement | ||
| of the criminal justice system in managing adults with the | ||
| following disorders as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical | ||
| Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5), who are not | ||
| described by Subsection (b): | ||
| (1) post-traumatic stress disorder; | ||
| (2) schizoaffective disorder, including bipolar and | ||
| depressive types; | ||
| (3) anxiety disorder; or | ||
| (4) delusional disorder. | ||
| (f) The department may not use any appropriated state money | ||
| to implement or fund services under Subsection (a-1), (a-2), or | ||
| (b-1). | ||
| SECTION 2. The Department of State Health Services may | ||
| implement Sections 533.0354(a-1), (a-2), and (b-1), Health and | ||
| Safety Code, as added by this Act, only if a new statewide waiver or | ||
| authorization using local matching funds to fund the additional | ||
| populations is granted by the appropriate federal agency. If a new | ||
| statewide waiver or authorization is not granted, the department | ||
| may not implement Sections 533.0354(a-1), (a-2), and (b-1), Health | ||
| and Safety Code. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2014. | ||
