85R10878 EES-D
By: Uresti S.B. No. 1585
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the reimbursement of certain services provided by
respiratory care practitioners under Medicaid.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 531.0216, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
(g) The system developed and implemented under this section
must allow a physician or a health care facility, including a
hospital, to be reimbursed under Medicaid for the following
services performed by a respiratory care practitioner acting under
the delegation and supervision of a physician and acting within the
scope of the respiratory care practitioner's certification or
permit:
(1) telemedicine medical services, telehealth
services, and home telemonitoring services provided by a
respiratory care practitioner located at a distant site to a
patient located at a patient site; and
(2) services provided in support of the delivery of
telemedicine medical services, telehealth services, or home
telemonitoring services by a respiratory care practitioner located
at a patient site to a patient located at the patient site.
SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.