| 1 | 1 | | 85R23891 KFF-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Raymond H.B. No. 2752 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2752: |
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| 4 | 4 | | By: Miller C.S.H.B. No. 2752 |
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| 5 | 5 | | |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the participation of speech-language pathologists as |
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| 10 | 10 | | providers under the Medicaid program. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 32.027, Human Resources Code, is amended |
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| 13 | 13 | | by adding Subsection (n) to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (n) The commission shall assure that a recipient of medical |
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| 15 | 15 | | assistance under this chapter may select a licensed speech-language |
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| 16 | 16 | | pathologist, as defined by Section 401.001, Occupations Code, to |
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| 17 | 17 | | perform any health care service covered under the medical |
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| 18 | 18 | | assistance program if the pathologist is authorized by law to |
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| 19 | 19 | | perform the service. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, |
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| 21 | 21 | | is amended by adding Section 32.081 to read as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | Sec. 32.081. PRIVATE PRACTICE SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS |
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| 23 | 23 | | AS MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDERS. (a) The commission shall ensure |
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| 24 | 24 | | that licensed speech-language pathologists, as defined by Section |
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| 25 | 25 | | 401.001, Occupations Code, in private practice may: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) enroll under the medical assistance program as |
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| 27 | 27 | | independent practice providers or as a group practice provider |
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| 28 | 28 | | composed of multiple speech-language pathologists, provided that |
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| 29 | 29 | | each speech-language pathologist in the group practice is |
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| 30 | 30 | | individually enrolled as a medical assistance provider; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) once enrolled as a medical assistance provider, |
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| 32 | 32 | | serve all medical assistance recipients without being limited to |
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| 33 | 33 | | participation in the Texas Health Steps Comprehensive Care Program. |
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| 34 | 34 | | (b) This section does not authorize a provider to provide |
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| 35 | 35 | | speech-language pathology services to recipients as home health |
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| 36 | 36 | | services without an appropriate license under Section 142.002, |
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| 37 | 37 | | Health and Safety Code. |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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| 39 | 39 | | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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| 40 | 40 | | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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| 41 | 41 | | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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| 42 | 42 | | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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| 43 | 43 | | waiver or authorization is granted. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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