86R33841 KFF-F
By: Hinojosa, et al. S.B. No. 2138
(Davis of Harris)
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 2138: No.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of the Health and Human Services
Commission to retain certain money received by the commission to
administer certain Medicaid 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 531.021135 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.021135. COMMISSION'S AUTHORITY TO RETAIN CERTAIN
MONEY TO ADMINISTER CERTAIN MEDICAID PROGRAMS; REPORT REQUIRED.
(a) In this section, "directed payment program" means a delivery
system and provider patient initiative implemented by this state
under 42 C.F.R. Section 438.6(c).
(b) This section applies only to money the commission
receives from a source other than the general revenue fund to
operate a waiver program established under Section 1115 of the
federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1315) or a directed
payment program or successor program as determined by the
commission.
(c) Subject to Subsection (e), the commission may retain
from money to which this section applies an amount equal to the
estimated costs necessary to administer the program for which the
money is received, but not to exceed $8 million for a state fiscal
biennium.
(d) The commission shall spend money retained under this
section to assist in paying the costs necessary to administer the
program for which the money is received, except that the commission
may not use the money to pay any type of administrative cost that,
before June 1, 2019, was funded with general revenue.
(e) If the commission determines that the commission needs
additional money to administer a program described by Subsection
(b), the commission may, with the approval of the governor and the
Legislative Budget Board, retain not more than an additional 0.25
percent of the total amount estimated to be received for the
program.
(f) The commission shall submit an annual report to the
governor and the Legislative Budget Board that:
(1) details the amount of money retained and spent by
the commission under this section during the preceding state fiscal
year, including a separate detail of any increase in the amount of
money retained for a program under Subsection (e);
(2) contains a transparent description of how the
commission used the money described by Subdivision (1); and
(3) assesses the extent to which the money retained by
the commission under this section covered the estimated costs to
administer the applicable program and states whether, based on that
assessment, the commission adjusted or considered adjustments to
the amount retained.
(g) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary
to implement this section.
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 immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.