1. A. In accordance with federal law, the secretary shall adopt and promulgate rules to establish a reimbursement rate for services provided to recipients of state medical assistance at a crisis triage center.

2. B. As used in this section, "crisis triage center" means a health facility that:

   1. (1) is licensed by the authority; and
   2. (2) provides stabilization of behavioral health crises and may include residential and nonresidential stabilization.

History: Laws 2015, ch. 61, § 2; 2018, ch. 34, § 2; 2024, ch. 39, § 71.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, substituted the health care authority for the department of health as the licensing agency for a crisis triage center; and in Subsection B, after "licensed by the" deleted "department of health" and added "authority".

The 2018 amendment, effective March 1, 2018, revised the definition of "crisis triage center"; in Subsection B, at the end of Paragraph B(1), added "and", deleted former Paragraph B(2) and redesignated former Paragraph B(3) as Paragraph B(2), and in Paragraph B(2), after "health crises", deleted "including" and added "and may include residential and nonresidential".