84R11804 LED-D
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1884
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of cognitive rehabilitation therapy under
the Medicaid program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (nn) to read as follows:
(nn) The department shall provide medical assistance for
cognitive rehabilitation therapy for a recipient of medical
assistance who suffers an acquired or traumatic brain injury,
regardless of when the injury occurred.
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 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.