Tex. Government Code § 540.0706
PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION MONITORING SYSTEM FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN
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- Tex. Government Code § 540.0706, PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION MONITORING SYSTEM FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/656368
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(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.