81R10772 KFF-D
By: Gonzalez Toureilles H.B. No. 3141
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to medical assistance reimbursement for prescriptions
issued by certain health care providers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (z-3) to read as follows:
(z-3) Subject to Subsection (z), the department shall
provide medical assistance reimbursement to a pharmacy or other
health care provider for prescription drugs provided to a medical
assistance recipient as authorized by a prescription issued to the
recipient by a health care provider whose application for a medical
assistance provider number is pending with the department. The
executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission
may adopt rules as necessary under which the department will issue a
temporary provider number to a health care provider on the
provider's submission of an application for a permanent number.
The temporary number may be used by the provider when issuing
prescriptions subject to this subsection.
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.