H.B. No. 2365
AN ACT
relating to the participation and reimbursement of certain military
medical treatment facilities and affiliated health care providers
under Medicaid.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Section 32.0275 to read as follows:
Sec. 32.0275. MILITARY MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES AND
AFFILIATED HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; REIMBURSEMENT. (a) In this
section, "military medical treatment facility" means a military
medical treatment facility described by 10 U.S.C. Section 1073d(b),
(c), or (d).
(b) This section applies only to a military medical
treatment facility located in this state that has been verified as a
Level 1 trauma center by the American College of Surgeons or an
equivalent organization.
(c) A military medical treatment facility or a health care
provider providing services at a military medical treatment
facility is considered a provider under Medicaid for purposes of
providing and receiving reimbursement for:
(1) inpatient emergency services; and
(2) related outpatient services to the extent those
services are not available from an enrolled Medicaid provider at
the time the services are needed.
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 September 1, 2021.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2365 was passed by the House on May 5,
2021, by the following vote: Yeas 91, Nays 55, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 2365 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 91, Nays 54,
2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2365 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 24, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays
1.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor