| 1 | 1 | | 85R12986 LED-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Muñoz, Jr. H.B. No. 2905 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to reimbursement rates for certain therapy services under |
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| 8 | 8 | | Medicaid and accountability to Medicaid recipients. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 531.021, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (h) In adopting rates for Medicaid payments under |
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| 13 | 13 | | Subsection (b-1), the executive commissioner shall ensure that |
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| 14 | 14 | | reimbursement rates for occupational, physical, and speech therapy |
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| 15 | 15 | | services provided to recipients are at least equal to the |
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| 16 | 16 | | reimbursement rates for occupational, physical, and speech therapy |
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| 17 | 17 | | services in effect on August 31, 2015, regardless of whether the |
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| 18 | 18 | | reimbursements are paid through a fee for service system or a |
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| 19 | 19 | | managed care system. The executive commissioner shall adopt rules |
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| 20 | 20 | | to ensure the accountability of the commission to recipients who |
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| 21 | 21 | | are dependent on those therapy services. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 23 | 23 | | of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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| 24 | 24 | | Services Commission shall adopt the rules required by Section |
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| 25 | 25 | | 531.021(h), Government Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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| 27 | 27 | | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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| 28 | 28 | | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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| 29 | 29 | | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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| 30 | 30 | | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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| 31 | 31 | | waiver or authorization is granted. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 33 | 33 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 34 | 34 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 36 | 36 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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