84R10003 EES-D
By: Martinez H.B. No. 3035
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study on the savings to the state achieved by the
expansion of Medicaid managed care in regards to the provision of
prescription drugs and other pharmacy benefits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) The Health and Human Services Commission
shall conduct a study on the accuracy of the Legislative Budget
Board's estimate that the changes in law made by Chapter 7 (S.B. 7),
Acts of the 82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, would
produce a savings of $467,628,328 for the state during the fiscal
biennium ending August 31, 2013. In conducting the study, the
Health and Human Services Commission shall focus on the savings
achieved by the changes in law relating to the expansion of Medicaid
managed care, particularly with regard to the increase in the
provision of prescription drugs and other pharmacy benefits
provided through Medicaid managed care organizations.
(b) Not later than December 31, 2016, the Health and Human
Services Commission shall submit a report containing the results of
the study conducted under Subsection (a) of this section to the
governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of
representatives.
SECTION 2. This Act expires December 31, 2017.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.