Bill Text: TX HB2864 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the provision of on-campus mental health services by a school district and reimbursement under Medicaid for certain services provided to eligible students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-29 - Referred to Public Education [HB2864 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2864-Introduced.html
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By: Moody | H.B. No. 2864 |
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relating to the provision of on-campus mental health services by a | ||
school district and reimbursement under Medicaid for certain | ||
services provided to eligible students. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Sections 38.034 and 38.035 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 38.034. ON-CAMPUS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. A district | ||
may contract with a local mental health authority to provide mental | ||
health services on a campus of the district. | ||
Sec. 38.035. REIMBURSEMENT UNDER MEDICAID. The Health and | ||
Human Services Commission shall allow a district to enroll as a | ||
provider under the medical assistance program under Chapter 32, | ||
Human Resources Code, to provide and receive reimbursement for the | ||
provision of mental health services to district students who are | ||
medical assistance recipients. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |