By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 2480
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of the Medicaid Waiver Legislative
Oversight Committee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 531.172 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.172. MEDICAID WAIVER LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE. (a) In this section:
(1) "Committee" means the Medicaid Waiver Legislative
Oversight Committee established under this section.
(2) "Section 1115 waiver" means the Texas Healthcare
Transformation and Quality Improvement Program waiver under
Section 1115 of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section
1315).
(b) The Medicaid Waiver Legislative Oversight Committee is
created to oversee and advise the commission regarding the Section
1115 waiver and the commission's negotiations with the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services or other appropriate federal agency
to renew the waiver, including the extension or renewal of the
uncompensated care pool and the transition plan for the delivery
system that will succeed the Delivery System Reform Incentive
Payment (DSRIP) program.
(c) The committee is composed of eight members, as follows:
(1) four members of the senate, appointed by the
lieutenant governor; and
(2) four members of the house of representatives,
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
(d) A member of the committee serves at the pleasure of the
appointing official.
(e) The lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of
representatives shall each designate a co-chair from among the
committee members.
(f) A member of the committee may not receive compensation
for serving on the committee but is entitled to reimbursement for
travel expenses incurred by the member while conducting the
business of the committee as provided by the General Appropriations
Act.
(g) The committee shall:
(1) oversee the Section 1115 waiver and facilitate the
design and development of the renewed waiver;
(2) meet at the call of the co-chairs; and
(3) research, take public testimony, and issue reports
requested by the lieutenant governor or speaker of the house of
representatives.
(h) The committee may request reports and other information
from the commission.
(i) The committee shall use existing staff of the senate,
the house of representatives, and the Texas Legislative Council to
assist the committee in performing its duties under this section.
(j) On September 1, 2023, the committee is abolished and
this section expires.
SECTION 2. Not later than October 1, 2019, the lieutenant
governor and the speaker of the house of representatives shall
appoint the members of the Medicaid Waiver Legislative Oversight
Committee as required by Section 531.172(c), Government Code, as
added by this Act.
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.