TX HB5030

Expands the definition of "behavioral health services" under Medicaid to explicitly include crisis services (mobile and facility-based respite, crisis stabilization), intensive outpatient services, and partial hospitalization services

Converts psychiatric residential treatment facilities from a voluntary certification system to mandatory state licensure, requiring facilities to obtain accreditation, meet federal psychiatric residential treatment facility requirements under 42 C.F.R., and satisfy general residential operation standards

Requires Medicaid reimbursement for multisystemic therapy services and functional family therapy, establishing a separate provider type for multisystemic therapy providers

Expands Medicaid provider options by allowing licensed marriage and family therapist associates, licensed master social workers pursuing clinical licensure, and licensed professional counselor associates to provide covered services, with associate-level providers reimbursed at 70% of psychiatrist/psychologist rates

Requires licensed marriage and family therapists, licensed professional counselors, and licensed clinical social workers to be reimbursed at rates equal to psychiatrists and psychologists for similar counseling services under Medicaid