85R12986 LED-D
By: Muñoz, Jr. H.B. No. 2905
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to reimbursement rates for certain therapy services under
Medicaid and accountability to Medicaid recipients.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 531.021, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(h) In adopting rates for Medicaid payments under
Subsection (b-1), the executive commissioner shall ensure that
reimbursement rates for occupational, physical, and speech therapy
services provided to recipients are at least equal to the
reimbursement rates for occupational, physical, and speech therapy
services in effect on August 31, 2015, regardless of whether the
reimbursements are paid through a fee for service system or a
managed care system. The executive commissioner shall adopt rules
to ensure the accountability of the commission to recipients who
are dependent on those therapy services.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
Services Commission shall adopt the rules required by Section
531.021(h), Government Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. 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 4. 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, 2017.