86R3759 MM-D
By: Davis of Harris H.B. No. 3485
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the billing codes used for the administration of tissue
plasminogen activator by ambulance providers under the Medicaid and
Medicare programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 531.024136 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.024136. MEDICAID BILLING CODE FOR TISSUE
PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR ADMINISTERED BY AMBULANCE PROVIDERS. The
executive commissioner by rule shall adopt a specific procedure or
other billing code under Medicaid for the administration of tissue
plasminogen activator by an ambulance provider.
SECTION 2. As soon as possible after the effective date of
this Act, the Health and Human Services Commission shall request
that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or other
appropriate federal agency adopt a specific procedure or other
billing code for the administration of tissue plasminogen activator
by an ambulance provider under the Medicare program.
SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.