| 1 | | - | By: Guerra, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Uresti) H.B. No. 1661 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015; |
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| 3 | | - | May 6, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Health |
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| 4 | | - | and Human Services; May 22, 2015, reported favorably by the |
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| 5 | | - | following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 22, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 1661 |
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| 21 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 22 | 5 | | relating to Medicaid billing for the services of substitute |
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| 23 | 6 | | dentists. |
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| 24 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 25 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, |
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| 26 | 9 | | is amended by adding Section 32.076 to read as follows: |
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| 27 | 10 | | Sec. 32.076. SUBSTITUTE DENTISTS. To the extent allowed by |
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| 28 | 11 | | federal law, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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| 29 | 12 | | Services Commission shall adopt rules ensuring that the same |
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| 30 | 13 | | standards applying to a physician who bills the medical assistance |
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| 31 | 14 | | program for services provided by a substitute physician apply also |
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| 32 | 15 | | to a dentist who bills the medical assistance program for services |
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| 33 | 16 | | provided by a substitute dentist. |
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| 34 | 17 | | SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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| 35 | 18 | | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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| 36 | 19 | | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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| 37 | 20 | | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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| 38 | 21 | | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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| 39 | 22 | | waiver or authorization is granted. |
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| 40 | 23 | | SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 41 | 24 | | of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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| 42 | 25 | | Services Commission shall adopt the rules necessary to implement |
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| 43 | 26 | | the changes in law made by this Act. |
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| 44 | 27 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 45 | 28 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 46 | 29 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 47 | 30 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 48 | 31 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 32 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 33 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 34 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1661 was passed by the House on April |
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| 35 | + | 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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| 36 | + | voting. |
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| 37 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 38 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 39 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1661 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 40 | + | 26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 41 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 42 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 43 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 44 | + | Date |
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| 45 | + | _____________________ |
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| 46 | + | Governor |
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