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Mobile Crisis Outreach Teams provide face-to-face help to people who are at risk of harm to self or others.

Crisis units are facilities designed to treat a person’s symptoms of mental illness in the community.

These programs help people with mental illness who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless find and keep housing.

This service is available to Texas residents of any age. Admission is at the recommendation of a local mental health authority or local behavioral health authority and is based on a crisis assessment. 

If you or someone you know are faced with a mental health crisis, please call the crisis hotline of the local mental health or local behavioral health authority for your county.

Outreach, screening, assessment and referral (OSAR) programs are available to all individuals interested in information about substance use services. OSAR programs can be the starting point for individuals who want help accessing substance use services but are unsure where to begin.

Recovery support services is an evidence-based practice funded through SAMHSA that supports services to increase long-term recovery and recovery quality.

Talking with someone who’s been there is called peer support. Peers can walk beside you as you get better and answer questions by sharing their own experiences.

HHSC provides programs and services based on evidence-based practices to help people manage mental illness.

Texas Health and Human Services contracts with 37 local mental health authorities and two local behavioral health authorities to deliver mental health services in communities across Texas.

Prevention Resource Centers (PRCs) host trainings, support local drug and alcohol use prevention programs, ensure tobacco retailer compliance with tobacco laws to reduce the underage use of tobacco, and connect people with local resources related to drug and alcohol use. PRCs also provide information about substance use to the general community.

Community mental health services are usually provided at an office or in the home. Services support families to make positive changes that help children recover from mental illness and foster resilience.

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.