H.B. No. 1063
AN ACT
relating to telemedicine medical, telehealth, and home
telemonitoring services under Medicaid.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 531.0216(f), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(f) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year,
the commission shall report to the speaker of the house of
representatives and the lieutenant governor on the effects of
telemedicine medical services, telehealth services, and home
telemonitoring services on Medicaid in the state, including the
number of physicians, health professionals, and licensed health
care facilities using telemedicine medical services, telehealth
services, or home telemonitoring services, the geographic and
demographic disposition of the physicians and health
professionals, the number of patients receiving telemedicine
medical services, telehealth services, and home telemonitoring
services, the types of services being provided, [and] the cost of
utilization, and the cost savings of telemedicine medical services,
telehealth services, and home telemonitoring services to Medicaid.
SECTION 2. Section 531.02164, Government Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
(c-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (c)(1), the program
required under this section must also provide that home
telemonitoring services are available to pediatric persons who:
(1) are diagnosed with end-stage solid organ disease;
(2) have received an organ transplant; or
(3) require mechanical ventilation.
SECTION 3. Section 531.02176, Government Code, is repealed.
SECTION 4. The executive commissioner of the Health and
Human Services Commission shall adopt the rules necessary to
implement Section 531.02164(c-1), Government Code, as added by this
Act, not later than December 1, 2019.
SECTION 5. 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 6. The Health and Human Services Commission is
required to implement a provision of this Act only if the
legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If
the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that
purpose, the commission may, but is not required to, implement a
provision of this Act using other appropriations available for that
purpose.
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1063 was passed by the House on May 2,
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 3, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 1063 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1,
2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1063 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
1.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor