87R10857 JG-F
By: Deshotel H.B. No. 3145
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to Medicaid reimbursement for dental services provided to
certain adults with disabilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 32.054, Human Resources Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) To prevent serious medical conditions and reduce
emergency room visits necessitated by complications resulting from
a lack of access to dental care, the commission shall provide
medical assistance reimbursement for preventive dental services,
including reimbursement for at least one preventive dental care
visit per year, for an adult recipient with a disability who is
enrolled in the STAR+PLUS Medicaid managed care program. This
subsection does not apply to an adult recipient who is enrolled in
the STAR+PLUS home and community-based services (HCBS) waiver
program. This subsection may not be construed to reduce dental
services available to persons with disabilities that are otherwise
reimbursable under the medical assistance program.
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.