| 1 | 1 | | 87R7621 BDP-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Klick H.B. No. 3238 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the electronic Medicaid recipient directories |
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| 8 | 8 | | maintained by Medicaid managed care organizations. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 533, Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 533.00751 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 533.00751. RECIPIENT DIRECTORY. (a) The commission |
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| 13 | 13 | | shall ensure that a Medicaid managed care organization: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) maintains an accurate electronic directory of |
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| 15 | 15 | | contact information for each recipient enrolled in the |
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| 16 | 16 | | organization's managed care plan, including each recipient's: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (A) home and mobile telephone numbers; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (B) e-mail address; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | (C) home address; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) updates the electronic directory required under |
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| 21 | 21 | | Subdivision (1) at least monthly. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) At least monthly, a Medicaid managed care organization |
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| 23 | 23 | | shall send an electronic copy of the recipient directory described |
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| 24 | 24 | | by this section to the commission. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. (a) The Health and Human Services Commission |
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| 26 | 26 | | shall, in a contract between the commission and a managed care |
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| 27 | 27 | | organization under Chapter 533, Government Code, that is entered |
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| 28 | 28 | | into or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act, require |
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| 29 | 29 | | that the managed care organization comply with Section 533.00751, |
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| 30 | 30 | | Government Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (b) The Health and Human Services Commission shall seek to |
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| 32 | 32 | | amend contracts entered into with managed care organizations under |
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| 33 | 33 | | Chapter 533, Government Code, before the effective date of this Act |
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| 34 | 34 | | to require those managed care organizations to comply with Section |
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| 35 | 35 | | 533.00751, Government Code, as added by this Act. To the extent of a |
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| 36 | 36 | | conflict between that section and a provision of a contract with a |
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| 37 | 37 | | managed care organization entered into before the effective date of |
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| 38 | 38 | | this Act, the contract provision prevails. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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| 40 | 40 | | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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| 41 | 41 | | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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| 42 | 42 | | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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| 43 | 43 | | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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| 44 | 44 | | waiver or authorization is granted. |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 46 | 46 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 47 | 47 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 48 | 48 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 49 | 49 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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