Sec. 1355.056.  DETERMINATIONS FOR TREATMENT BY A CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT.  (a)  Treatment by a crisis stabilization unit must be determined as if necessary care and treatment were inpatient care and treatment in a hospital.
(b)  For the purposes of determining plan benefits and benefit maximums, each two days of treatment in a crisis stabilization unit is the equivalent of one day of treatment of mental or emotional illness or disorder in a hospital or inpatient program.
(c)  Treatment provided to an individual by a crisis stabilization unit licensed or certified by the Health and Human Services Commission shall be reimbursed.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.
Amended by: 
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 30 (H.B. 446), Sec. 8.04, eff. September 1, 2023.