Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2091 Compare Versions

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1	1		86R21430 LED-D
2	2		By: Ortega H.B. No. 2091
	3	+	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2091:
	4	+	By: Meza C.S.H.B. No. 2091
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5	7		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	8		AN ACT
7	9		relating to the use of promotoras and community health workers in
8	10		Medicaid managed care.
9	11		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	12		SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 533, Government Code, is
11	13		amended by adding Section 533.032 to read as follows:
12	14		Sec. 533.032. PROMOTORAS AND COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS. (a)
13	15		In this section, "promotora" and "community health worker" have the
14	16		meaning assigned by Section 48.001, Health and Safety Code.
15	17		(b) The commission shall allow each managed care
16	18		organization that contracts with the commission to provide health
17	19		care services to recipients under the STAR Medicaid managed care
18	20		program to categorize services provided by a promotora or community
19	21		health worker as a quality improvement cost, as authorized by
20	22		federal law, instead of as an administrative expense.
21	23		SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act
22	24		a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
23	25		federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
24	26		the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
25	27		authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
26	28		waiver or authorization is granted.
27	29		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
28	30		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
29	31		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
30	32		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
31	33		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.