84R5630 GCB-D
By: King of Taylor H.B. No. 1260
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to creation by rule of the Department of Aging and
Disability Services of a schedule of support services a state
supported living center may provide and the applicable fee for
those services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 161.080, Human Resources Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish a
list of services a state supported living center may provide under a
contract described by Subsection (a) and a schedule of fees the
state supported living center may charge for those services. In
establishing the schedule of fees for services, the executive
commissioner shall use the reimbursement rate for the applicable
service under the Medicaid program or modify that rate with a
written justification for the modification.
SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2016, the executive
commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall
adopt the rule listing services a state supported living center may
provide under a contract and the schedule of fees for those services
as required by Section 161.080, Human Resources Code, as amended by
this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.