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Tropical Texas Behavioral Health

Services reported to SAMHSA (2025)

This is what the program told SAMHSA in its 2025 national survey. It may have changed; confirm by phone.

Type of Care

  • Substance use treatment
  • Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental illness (SMI) in adults and/or serious emotional disturbance (SED) in children

Service Setting

  • Outpatient
  • Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
  • Regular outpatient treatment

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

  • Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
  • Private health insurance
  • Cash or self-payment
  • State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
  • SAMHSA funding/block grants

Payment Assistance Available

  • Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
  • Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Special Programs/Groups Offered

  • Adolescents
  • Young adults
  • Adult women
  • Pregnant/postpartum women
  • Adult men
  • Seniors or older adults
  • Veterans
  • Active duty military
  • Members of military families
  • Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
  • Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
  • Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
  • Clients with HIV or AIDS
  • Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
  • Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
  • Clients who have experienced trauma

Language Services

  • Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • Spanish

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

  • Buprenorphine used in Treatment
  • Naltrexone used in Treatment

Pharmacotherapies

  • Buprenorphine with naloxone
  • Naltrexone (oral)
  • Clonidine

Age Groups Accepted

  • Children/Adolescents

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

  • Does not use medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder

Type of Opioid Treatment

  • Buprenorphine maintenance
  • Prescribes buprenorphine
  • Prescribes naltrexone
  • Lofexidine or Clonidine detoxification
  • Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization

Treatment Approaches

  • Anger management
  • Brief intervention
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Contingency management/motivational incentives
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Matrix Model
  • Relapse prevention
  • Substance use disorder counseling
  • Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
  • Trauma-related counseling

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

  • State government

License/Certification/Accreditation

  • State substance use treatment agency
  • State mental health department
  • State department of health
  • Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
  • SAMHSA certification for opioid treatment program (OTP)

Assessment/Pre-treatment

  • Comprehensive mental health assessment
  • Comprehensive substance use assessment
  • Interim services for clients
  • Outreach to persons in the community
  • Complete medical history/physical exam
  • Screening for tobacco use
  • Screening for substance use
  • Screening for mental disorders
  • Professional interventionist/educational consultant

Testing

  • Drug or alcohol urine screening
  • Metabolic syndrome monitoring

Transitional Services

  • Aftercare/continuing care
  • Discharge Planning
  • Naloxone and overdose education
  • Outcome follow-up after discharge

Recovery Support Services

  • Housing services
  • Assistance with obtaining social services
  • Recovery coach
  • Mentoring/peer support
  • Employment counseling or training

Education and Counseling Services

  • HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
  • Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
  • Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
  • Substance use disorder education
  • Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
  • Individual counseling
  • Group counseling
  • Family counseling
  • Vocational training or educational support (for example, high school coursework, GED preparation, etc.)

Facility Smoking Policy

  • Smoking permitted in designated area

Sex Accepted

  • Female
  • Male

Facility Vaping Policy

  • Vaping permitted in designated area

Ancillary Services

  • Case management service
  • Mental health services
  • Social skills development
  • Transportation assistance
  • Integrated primary care services
  • Suicide prevention services
Before you commit, ask: what level of care they recommend and why, what it will cost after insurance, whether they take your plan, and how long the wait is. Be cautious of anyone offering free travel or payment to enroll.