1. (a) Pursuant to Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Art. 56.42(c), the OAG limits compensation for counseling expenses to a maximum of $3,000 per victim or claimant.
2. (b) Under unusual facts and circumstances, additional sessions may be allowed, but are limited to those that are authorized and approved by the OAG prior to treatment.
3. (c) Eligible providers must be licensed practitioners and are limited to: Clinical Nurse Specialists (C.N.S.-Psychiatric Nurse), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (L.M.F.T.), Licensed Master Social Worker - Advanced Clinical Practitioners (L.M.S.W.-A.C.P.), Licensed Professional Counselors (L.P.C.), Psychologists (Ph.D.) and Psychiatrists (M.D., D.O.). The OAG may pay the licensed employer of an intern who has a temporary license.
4. (d) Reimbursement for related psychiatric medication for victims or claimants may be limited to one year from the date of crime, or when counseling limits are reached. The victim or claimant must be in counseling during the time frame that psychiatric medications are being reimbursed. Medical management under this provision must be performed by a psychiatrist.
5. (e) When counseling or other mental health services have been ordered by the court, the OAG may deny payment if another party has been ordered to make payments or if a victim or if a victim receiving counseling has been ordered to undergo counseling as an offender.

Source Note:The provisions of this §61.503 adopted to be effective December 15, 2002, 27 TexReg 11513; amended to be effective May 8, 2005, 30 TexReg 2491.