81R9409 ALB-D
By: Naishtat H.B. No. 2627
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of home health services under the
Medicaid program in accordance with authorization by a licensed
nurse practitioner or a physician assistant.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 32.067, Human Resources Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The department shall assure that a licensed nurse
practitioner or a physician assistant is permitted to authorize the
provision of home health services to individuals enrolled in the
Texas Health Steps Comprehensive Care Program, to the extent that a
nurse practitioner or physician assistant is permitted to authorize
those services under Chapter 142, Health and Safety Code.
SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act
a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
waiver or authorization is granted.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.