81R10369 KFF-F
By: Orr H.B. No. 3926
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to medical assistance reimbursement for immunizations
administered 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 (ii) to read as follows:
(ii) The department shall provide medical assistance
reimbursement to a pharmacist who is licensed to practice pharmacy
in this state and who administers an immunization to a recipient of
medical assistance to the same extent the department provides
reimbursement to a physician or other health care provider
participating in the medical assistance program for the
administration of that immunization.
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.