85R9752 GCB-D By: Moody H.B. No. 2864 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 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.