Section 23.94 - [Effective until 11/14/2024] DefinitionsThe following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) Board Staff --The staff of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.(2) CHIP--The Children's Health Insurance Program, authorized by the Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 62.(3) Community-Based Mental Health Services--The services found under Subchapter B, Chapter 534, Health and Safety Code.(4) Full-time Service--Employed or contracted full-time (at least 32 hours per week for providers participating only in the state-funded program, or at least 40 hours per week for providers participating in both the state funded program and the SLRP) by an agency or facility for the primary purpose of providing direct mental health services to:(A) in a mental health professional shortage area:(iii) persons in facilities operated by or under contract with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; and/or(iv) persons in facilities operated by or under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; or(B) patients in state hospitals;(C) individuals receiving community-based mental health services from a local mental health authority; and/or(D) students enrolled in an eligible district or school.(5) Local Mental Health Authority--as defined in Texas Health and Safety Code, §531.002.(6) Medicaid--The medical assistance program authorized by Chapter 32, Human Resources Code.(7) MHPSAs--Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas (MHPSAs) are designated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as having shortages of mental health providers and may be geographic (a county or service area), demographic (low income population), or institutional (comprehensive health center, federally qualified health center, or other public facility). Designations meet the requirements of Sec. 332 of the Public Health Service Act, 90 Stat. 2270-2272 (42 U.S.C. 254e). Texas MHPSAs are recommended for designation by HHS based on analysis of data by the Department of State Health Services.(8) Psychiatrist--A licensed physician who is a graduate of an accredited psychiatric residency training program.(9) Service Period--A period of 12 consecutive months qualifying a mental health professional for loan repayment.(10) SLRP--A grant provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration to assist states in operating their own State Loan Repayment Program (SLRP) for primary care providers working in Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA).(11) State Hospital--Facilities found under § 552.0011, Health and Safety Code.(12) Title I School--Texas public schools that receive federal funding under Title I, Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. §6301 et seq.).19 Tex. Admin. Code § 23.94
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 45, November 6, 2015, TexReg 7818, eff. 11/12/2015; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 08, February 19, 2016, TexReg 1232, eff. 2/22/2016; transferred from 21.491 Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 48, November 25, 2016, TexReg 9341, eff. 12/15/2016; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 44, Number 20, May 17, 2019, TexReg 2456, eff. 5/22/2019; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 45, November 11, 2022, TexReg 7556, eff. 11/16/2022; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 06, February 9, 2024, TexReg 0692, eff. 2/15/2024