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Children need to feel heard and comforted. Making yourself available to listen is the first step in helping them. It may be hard at first, but with patience, you can be the person they turn to in their time of need.

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These campuses provide psychiatric services for mentally ill persons and persons with mental illness and intellectual developmental disabilities throughout the North Texas area, as well as the entire state.

Texas residents ages 13 to 17 with a diagnosed substance use disorder are eligible for treatment.

The adult Medicaid, children’s Medicaid and CHIP benefit packages do not have aggregate lifetime limits or annual dollar limits; and, neither the adult Medicaid nor the children’s Medicaid benefit packages have financial requirements for beneficiaries. CHIP has co-pays ranging from $5-$35, depending on income, and an annual dollar limit based on the family’s income.

As required by Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, when the managed care organization does not provide the full scope of services, the state must review the mental health and substance use disorder (MHSUD), and medical and surgical (MS) benefits provided through the MCO and fee-for-service for parity compliance.

Texas Health and Human Services or the managed care organization must identify and analyze aggregate lifetime limits and annual dollar limits for parity compliance in each benefit package if these types of limitations apply to mental health and substance use disorder benefits.

The parity compliance analysis for financial requirements and quantitative and non-quantitative treatment limitations is conducted by benefit package.

Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program managed care organizations that offer mental health and substance use disorder benefits are required to provide coverage that is comparable to their coverage for general medical and surgical care.

HHS offers a variety of resources for families and persons experiencing mental health or substance use issues.

Gov. Greg Abbott and state lawmakers established October as Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Month to highlight the dangers of fentanyl.