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1		-	H.B. No. 2365
	1	+	By: Lopez (Senate Sponsor - Campbell) H.B. No. 2365
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2021;
	3	+	May 17, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Health &
	4	+	Human Services; May 21, 2021, reported favorably by the following
	5	+	vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 21, 2021, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to the participation and reimbursement of certain military
6	12		medical treatment facilities and affiliated health care providers
7	13		under Medicaid.
8	14		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	15		SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code,
10	16		is amended by adding Section 32.0275 to read as follows:
11	17		Sec. 32.0275. MILITARY MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES AND
12	18		AFFILIATED HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; REIMBURSEMENT. (a) In this
13	19		section, "military medical treatment facility" means a military
14	20		medical treatment facility described by 10 U.S.C. Section 1073d(b),
15	21		(c), or (d).
16	22		(b) This section applies only to a military medical
17	23		treatment facility located in this state that has been verified as a
18	24		Level 1 trauma center by the American College of Surgeons or an
19	25		equivalent organization.
20	26		(c) A military medical treatment facility or a health care
21	27		provider providing services at a military medical treatment
22	28		facility is considered a provider under Medicaid for purposes of
23	29		providing and receiving reimbursement for:
24	30		(1) inpatient emergency services; and
25	31		(2) related outpatient services to the extent those
26	32		services are not available from an enrolled Medicaid provider at
27	33		the time the services are needed.
	34	+	(d) If a Medicaid recipient experiences an injury for which
	35	+	the recipient receives inpatient emergency services from a military
	36	+	medical treatment facility that is a hospital, the commission may
	37	+	not impose a 30-day spell of illness limitation or other
	38	+	requirement that limits the period of time the recipient may
	39	+	receive those services.
28	40		SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act
29	41		a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
30	42		federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
31	43		the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
32	44		authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
33	45		waiver or authorization is granted.
34	46		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
35		-	______________________________ ______________________________
36		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
37		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2365 was passed by the House on May 5,
38		-	2021, by the following vote: Yeas 91, Nays 55, 1 present, not
39		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
40		-	No. 2365 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 91, Nays 54,
41		-	2 present, not voting.
42		-	______________________________
43		-	Chief Clerk of the House
44		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2365 was passed by the Senate, with
45		-	amendments, on May 24, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays
46		-	1.
47		-	______________________________
48		-	Secretary of the Senate
49		-	APPROVED: __________________
50		-	Date
51		-	__________________
52		-	Governor
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