(a) Peer specialists providing services under this
subchapter support recipients with a mental health condition and/or
substance use disorder to actively plan and work toward long-term
recovery.
(b) This subchapter establishes requirements for providing
peer specialist services through Medicaid and applies only to peer
specialist services that are Medicaid reimbursable under this subchapter
and other applicable rule or law.
(c) This subchapter implements §531.0999 of the
Texas Government Code and §32.024(kk) of the Texas Human Resources
Code, which requires HHSC to include peer specialists as Medicaid
providers.
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