81R25374 ALB-F
By: Naishtat H.B. No. 2627
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2627:
By: McReynolds C.S.H.B. No. 2627
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of private duty nursing and therapy
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 ensure that a licensed nurse
practitioner or a physician assistant is permitted to authorize the
provision of private duty nursing and therapy services to
individuals through 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, Chapter 157, Occupations Code, or
federal law.
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.