Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

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1	1	85R24665 EES-F
2	2	By: Clardy, et al. H.B. No. 2570
3	3	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2570:
4	4	By: Minjarez C.S.H.B. No. 2570
5	5
6	6
7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the creation of the legislative oversight committee on
10	10	the allocation of Medicaid beds in nursing facilities.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code,
13	13	is amended by adding Section 32.02131 to read as follows:
14	14	Sec. 32.02131. LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON THE
15	15	ALLOCATION OF MEDICAID BEDS IN NURSING FACILITIES. (a) In this
16	16	section:
17	17	(1) "Committee" means the legislative oversight
18	18	committee on the allocation of Medicaid beds in nursing facilities.
19	19	(2) "Nursing facility" means a nursing facility
20	20	licensed under Chapter 242, Health and Safety Code, that is a
21	21	provider under Medicaid.
22	22	(b) The committee is composed of six members as follows:
23	23	(1) two members of the senate and, subject to
24	24	Subsection (d), one representative of an owner or operator of a
25	25	nursing facility appointed by the lieutenant governor; and
26	26	(2) two members of the house of representatives and,
27	27	subject to Subsection (d), one representative of an owner or
28	28	operator of a nursing facility appointed by the speaker of the house
29	29	of representatives.
30	30	(c) A committee member serves at the pleasure of the
31	31	appointing official.
32	32	(d) Each committee member who is a representative of an
33	33	owner or operator of a nursing facility must reside in this state
34	34	and be involved in the day-to-day operation of the nursing
35	35	facility.
36	36	(e) The lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of
37	37	representatives shall appoint the presiding officer of the
38	38	committee on an alternating basis. The presiding officer shall
39	39	serve a two-year term that expires February 1 of each odd-numbered
40	40	year.
41	41	(f) A vacancy on the committee shall be filled in the same
42	42	manner as the original appointment.
43	43	(g) The committee shall:
44	44	(1) meet at the call of the presiding officer;
45	45	(2) research, take public testimony, and issue reports
46	46	requested by the lieutenant governor or the speaker of the house of
47	47	representatives relating to the allocation of Medicaid beds in
48	48	nursing facilities in this state;
49	49	(3) monitor the effectiveness of the existing rules
50	50	adopted by the executive commissioner relating to the procedures
51	51	for certifying and decertifying Medicaid beds in nursing facilities
52	52	established under Section 32.0213 and consider the need for
53	53	modifications to existing rules to better control the procedures
54	54	for certifying and decertifying Medicaid beds in nursing
55	55	facilities;
56	56	(4) receive, review, and comment on rules proposed by
57	57	the executive commissioner relating to the procedures for
58	58	certifying and decertifying Medicaid beds in nursing facilities
59	59	established under Section 32.0213; and
60	60	(5) review recommendations for legislation relating
61	61	to the procedures for certifying and decertifying Medicaid beds in
62	62	nursing facilities.
63	63	(h) The committee may:
64	64	(1) propose legislation relating to the procedures for
65	65	certifying and decertifying Medicaid beds in nursing facilities
66	66	established under Section 32.0213;
67	67	(2) request reports and other information from the
68	68	commission; and
69	69	(3) issue process, in accordance with Section 301.024,
70	70	Government Code, to compel attendance of witnesses and the
71	71	production of books, records, documents, and instruments required
72	72	by the committee.
73	73	(i) The committee shall use the existing staff resources of
74	74	the senate and the house of representatives to assist the committee
75	75	in performing its duties under this section.
76	76	(j) A member of the committee may not receive compensation
77	77	for serving on the committee but is entitled to reimbursement for
78	78	travel expenses incurred by the member while conducting the
79	79	business of the committee, as provided in the General
80	80	Appropriations Act.
81	81	(k) Not later than November 15 of each even-numbered year,
82	82	the committee shall submit a report on the committee's activities
83	83	and the results of the committee's work to the governor, the
84	84	lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
85	85	representatives.
86	86	(l) The committee is abolished and this section expires
87	87	September 1, 2021.
88	88	SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
89	89	of this Act, the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of
90	90	representatives shall appoint members to the legislative oversight
91	91	committee on the allocation of Medicaid beds in nursing facilities
92	92	as required by Section 32.02131, Human Resources Code, as added by
93	93	this Act. The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint
94	94	the first presiding officer of the committee.
95	95	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.