Sec. 540.0706. PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION MONITORING SYSTEM FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN. (a) In this section, "psychotropic medication" has the meaning assigned by Section 266.001 , Family Code. (b) The commission shall implement a system under which the commission will use Medicaid prescription drug data to monitor the prescribing of psychotropic medications for: (1) children who are in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services and enrolled in the STAR Health program or eligible for both Medicaid and Medicare; and (2) children who are under the supervision of the Department of Family and Protective Services through an agreement under the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children under Subchapter B , Chapter 162 , Family Code. (c) The commission shall include as a component of the monitoring system a medical review of a prescription to which Subsection (b) applies when that review is appropriate.
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