Monitoring the SessionHB 154
Died in committee
Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade
relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for certain inpatient mental health services.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Any age, the whole stay.
The bill orders the state Medicaid program to pay mental health hospitals and similar facilities with 16 or more beds when they treat Medicaid patients. It covers patients of any age and requires payment for the whole length of the patient's stay. If the state finds it needs federal permission first, it must ask for that permission and may wait to start until it is granted.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 5265 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 5265 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Nov 12, 2024 and referred to the House Human Services committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB154 · 2024-11-12
relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for certain inpatient mental health services.
Any age, the whole stay.
The bill orders the state Medicaid program to pay mental health hospitals and similar facilities with 16 or more beds when they treat Medicaid patients. It covers patients of any age and requires payment for the whole length of the patient's stay. If the state finds it needs federal permission first, it must ask for that permission and may wait to start until it is granted.
[ ] NONE FOUND
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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Not tied to this bill.
The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.
Derived itemized flow · Jul 17, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
$70,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Oct 30, 2024 to Sep 28, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · Oct 30, 2024 to Sep 28, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100968808, 101007425, 101036903, 101073060.
$60,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Dec 12, 2024 to Jul 9, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · Dec 12, 2024 to Jul 9, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100968808, 101070449.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$70,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Oct 30, 2024 to Sep 28, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · Oct 30, 2024 to Sep 28, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100968808, 101007425, 101036903, 101073060.
$60,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Dec 12, 2024 to Jul 9, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · Dec 12, 2024 to Jul 9, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100968808, 101070449.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Rep. Raymond, same lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Apr 25, 2023: Left pending in committee
Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for certain inpatient mental health services.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024
02/27/2025 H Referred to Human Services: Feb 27 2025 11:13AM
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
House committee · Human Services · Final status: Died in committee
Human Services--Medical Assistance
Mental Health & Substance Abuse
MEDICAID
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
The text as introduced · 258 words
89R224 JG-D By: Raymond H.B. No. 154 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for certain inpatient mental health services. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, is amended by adding Section 32.02465 to read as follows: Sec. 32.02465. REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTAIN INPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. (a) In this section, "inpatient mental health institution" means a hospital, nursing facility, or other institution with 16 or more beds that primarily provides health care services, including medical attention, nursing care, and related services, to individuals with a mental illness. (b) The commission shall ensure that medical assistance reimbursement is provided to an inpatient mental health institution that provides health care services to a recipient under the medical assistance program. (c) The executive commissioner by rule shall ensure that medical assistance reimbursement provided under this section includes reimbursement for: (1) health care services provided to a recipient under the medical assistance program regardless of the recipient's age; and (2) the entirety of a recipient's stay at an inpatient mental health institution during which the institution provided those services. SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the waiver or authorization is granted. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.