82R8425 ALB-D
By: Kolkhorst H.B. No. 1983
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain labor inductions performed on recipients under
the Medicaid program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Section 32.0313 to read as follows:
Sec. 32.0313. REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTAIN LABOR INDUCTIONS.
(a) The department may not reimburse a provider under the medical
assistance program for a nonmedically indicated labor induction
performed at a hospital on a woman earlier than the 39th week of
gestation.
(b) The executive commissioner of the Health and Human
Services Commission shall adopt rules for reimbursing a provider
under the medical assistance program for medically indicated labor
inductions performed at a hospital on a woman earlier than the 39th
week of gestation.
SECTION 2. (a) The Health and Human Services Commission
shall conduct a study to assess the effects of the reimbursement
prohibition and policies adopted under Section 32.0313, Human
Resources Code, as added by this Act, on infant health and frequency
of infant admissions to neonatal intensive care units and hospital
readmissions for mothers and infants.
(b) Not later than December 1, 2012, the Health and Human
Services Commission shall submit a written report containing the
findings of the study conducted under this section together with
the commission's recommendations to the standing committees of the
senate and house of representatives having primary jurisdiction
over the Medicaid program.
SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.