PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION MONITORING SYSTEM FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN.
Tex. GOV'T Code § 540.0706.
in effect(a) In this section, "psychotropic medication" has the meaning assigned by Section 266.001 , Family Code.
(b) The commission shall implement a system under which the commission will use Medicaid prescription drug data to monitor the prescribing of psychotropic medications for:
(1) children who are in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services and enrolled in the STAR Health program or eligible for both Medicaid and Medicare; and
(2) children who are under the supervision of the Department of Family and Protective Services through an agreement under the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children under Subchapter B , Chapter 162 , Family Code.
(c) The commission shall include as a component of the monitoring system a medical review of a prescription to which Subsection (b) applies when that review is appropriate.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611 ), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.