86R3285 KFF-D
By: González of El Paso H.B. No. 1585
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study on interest or other waiting lists maintained
for certain Medicaid programs providing services to persons with
intellectual and developmental disabilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) The Health and Human Services Commission
shall conduct a study examining the interest or other waiting lists
maintained for the following Medicaid programs authorized under
Section 1915(c) of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
Section 1396n(c)) that provide services to persons with
intellectual and developmental disabilities:
(1) the community living assistance and support
services (CLASS) waiver program;
(2) the home and community-based services (HCS) waiver
program;
(3) the deaf-blind with multiple disabilities (DBMD)
waiver program; and
(4) the Texas home living (TxHmL) waiver program.
(b) In conducting the study under this section, the Health
and Human Services Commission shall:
(1) consider and analyze the effect implementation of
a managed care delivery system under Medicaid had on the interest or
other waiting lists, taking into account the experiences of other
states that have implemented similar delivery systems; and
(2) identify:
(A) additional strategies the commission could
employ to eliminate the interest or other waiting lists, including
strategies employed by other states and strategies through which
this state could receive additional federal funding; and
(B) a date by which the commission believes it
could eliminate the interest or other waiting lists if the
identified strategies were implemented.
(c) Not later than September 1, 2020, the Health and Human
Services Commission shall submit to the legislature a written
report containing the findings of the study conducted under this
Act and the commission's recommendations for potential
legislation.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.