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1	1		By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 1554
2		-	(Zerwas)
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5	4		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	5		AN ACT
7	6		relating to establishing a Federal Medicaid Funding and Reform
8	7		Waivers Legislative Oversight Committee.
9	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	9		SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 537, Government Code, is
11	10		amended to read as follows:
12	11		CHAPTER 537. FEDERAL MEDICAID FUNDING AND REFORM WAIVERS [WAIVER]
13	12		SECTION 2. Chapter 537, Government Code, is amended by
14	13		adding Section 537.001 to read as follows:
15	14		Sec. 537.001. FEDERAL MEDICAID FUNDING AND REFORM WAIVERS
16	15		LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. (a) In this section:
17	16		(1) "Committee" means the Federal Medicaid Funding and
18	17		Reform Waivers Legislative Oversight Committee created under this
19	18		section.
20	19		(2) "Medicaid block grant funding system" means a
21	20		system of funding Medicaid that provides for a set total amount of
22	21		federal financial participation regardless of program enrollment.
23	22		(3) "Medicaid per capita cap funding system" means a
24	23		system of funding Medicaid that provides for a set amount of federal
25	24		financial participation per Medicaid enrollee, subject to a preset
26	25		cost adjustment factor.
27	26		(b) The Federal Medicaid Funding and Reform Waivers
28	27		Legislative Oversight Committee is created as provided by this
29	28		section if:
30	29		(1) the federal government authorizes states to opt to
31	30		receive the federal share of money for the operation of Medicaid
32	31		through a Medicaid block grant funding system or a Medicaid per
33	32		capita cap funding system or requires that states receive that
34	33		money through a Medicaid block grant funding system or a Medicaid
35	34		per capita cap funding system; or
36	35		(2) the executive commissioner seeks a waiver under
37	36		Section 537.002.
38	37		(c) The committee is composed of eight members, as follows:
39	38		(1) four members of the senate, appointed by the
40	39		lieutenant governor; and
41	40		(2) four members of the house of representatives,
42	41		appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
43	42		(d) A member of the committee serves at the pleasure of the
44	43		appointing official.
45	44		(e) The lieutenant governor and speaker of the house of
46	45		representatives shall each designate a co-chair from among the
47	46		committee members.
48	47		(f) A member of the committee may not receive compensation
49	48		for serving on the committee but is entitled to reimbursement for
50	49		travel expenses incurred by the member while conducting the
51	50		business of the committee as provided by the General Appropriations
52	51		Act.
53	52		(g) The committee shall:
54	53		(1) facilitate the design and development of:
55	54		(A) a Medicaid block grant waiver or Medicaid per
56	55		capita cap waiver, as applicable, if the federal government
57	56		authorizes states to opt to receive the federal share of money for
58	57		the operation of Medicaid through a Medicaid block grant funding
59	58		system or a Medicaid per capita cap funding system or requires that
60	59		states receive that money through a Medicaid block grant funding
61	60		system or a Medicaid per capita cap funding system; or
62	61		(B) any waiver sought under Section 537.002;
63	62		(2) facilitate a smooth transition from existing
64	63		Medicaid payment systems and benefit designs to a new model of
65	64		Medicaid that is enabled by a waiver described by Subdivision (1);
66	65		(3) meet at the call of the co-chairs; and
67	66		(4) research, take public testimony, and issue reports
68	67		requested by the lieutenant governor or speaker of the house of
69	68		representatives.
70	69		(h) The committee may request reports and other information
71	70		from the commission.
72	71		(i) The committee shall use existing staff of the senate,
73	72		the house of representatives, and the Texas Legislative Council to
74	73		assist the committee in performing its duties under this section.
75	74		(j) Chapter 551 applies to the committee.
76	75		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
77	76		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
78	77		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
79	78		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
80	79		Act takes effect September 1, 2017.