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1	1		By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 2480
	2	+	(In the Senate - Filed March 26, 2019; March 27, 2019, read
	3	+	first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human Services;
	4	+	April 11, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
	5	+	Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 11, 2019,
	6	+	sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	8	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2480 By: Campbell
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4	11		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	12		AN ACT
6	13		relating to the establishment of the Medicaid Waiver Legislative
7	14		Oversight Committee.
8	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	16		SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
10	17		amended by adding Section 531.172 to read as follows:
11	18		Sec. 531.172. MEDICAID WAIVER LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT
12	19		COMMITTEE. (a) In this section:
13	20		(1) "Committee" means the Medicaid Waiver Legislative
14	21		Oversight Committee established under this section.
15	22		(2) "Section 1115 waiver" means the Texas Healthcare
16	23		Transformation and Quality Improvement Program waiver under
17	24		Section 1115 of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section
18	25		1315).
19	26		(b) The Medicaid Waiver Legislative Oversight Committee is
20	27		created to oversee and advise the commission regarding the Section
21	28		1115 waiver and the commission's negotiations with the Centers for
22	29		Medicare and Medicaid Services or other appropriate federal agency
23	30		to renew the waiver, including the extension or renewal of the
24	31		uncompensated care pool and the transition plan for the delivery
25	32		system that will succeed the Delivery System Reform Incentive
26	33		Payment (DSRIP) program.
27	34		(c) The committee is composed of eight members, as follows:
28	35		(1) four members of the senate, appointed by the
29	36		lieutenant governor; and
30	37		(2) four members of the house of representatives,
31	38		appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
32	39		(d) A member of the committee serves at the pleasure of the
33	40		appointing official.
34	41		(e) The lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of
35	42		representatives shall each designate a co-chair from among the
36	43		committee members.
37	44		(f) A member of the committee may not receive compensation
38	45		for serving on the committee but is entitled to reimbursement for
39	46		travel expenses incurred by the member while conducting the
40	47		business of the committee as provided by the General Appropriations
41	48		Act.
42	49		(g) The committee shall:
43	50		(1) oversee the Section 1115 waiver and facilitate the
44	51		design and development of the renewed waiver;
45	52		(2) meet at the call of the co-chairs; and
46	53		(3) research, take public testimony, and issue reports
47	54		requested by the lieutenant governor or speaker of the house of
48	55		representatives.
49	56		(h) The committee may request reports and other information
50	57		from the commission.
51	58		(i) The committee shall use existing staff of the senate,
52	59		the house of representatives, and the Texas Legislative Council to
53	60		assist the committee in performing its duties under this section.
54	61		(j) On September 1, 2023, the committee is abolished and
55	62		this section expires.
56	63		SECTION 2. Not later than October 1, 2019, the lieutenant
57	64		governor and the speaker of the house of representatives shall
58	65		appoint the members of the Medicaid Waiver Legislative Oversight
59	66		Committee as required by Section 531.172(c), Government Code, as
60	67		added by this Act.
61	68		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
62	69		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
63	70		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
64	71		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
65	72		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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