By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 2275
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an amendment to the Medicaid state plan for certain
entities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 531.021 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.021. MEDICAID STATE PLAN AMENDMENT REQUIRED.
(a) Not later than December 31, 2019, the commission shall submit
to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services an amendment to
the Medicaid state plan designed to enhance the funding of and
services provided by non-governmental private teaching hospitals
in this state.
(b) This section expires on January 1, 2020.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all 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.