81R19412 KFF-F
By: Orr H.B. No. 3926
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3926:
By: Naishtat C.S.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, is authorized to administer immunizations in
accordance with rules adopted by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy,
and 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.