87R10983 KKR-F
By: Klick H.B. No. 3239
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the reimbursement of wound care education and training
services 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 32.02492 to read as follows:
Sec. 32.02492. REIMBURSEMENT OF CERTAIN PROVIDERS OF WOUND
CARE EDUCATION AND TRAINING SERVICES. (a) The commission shall
provide medical assistance reimbursement to an authorized wound
care education and training services provider who provides to a
recipient necessary wound care education and training.
(b) The commission shall approve a person as an authorized
wound care education and training services provider if the person:
(1) is enrolled as a provider under the medical
assistance program; and
(2) meets quality standards for wound care education
and training approved by the commission.
(c) An authorized wound care education and training
services provider shall determine a recipient's need for wound care
education and training services. The provider must certify that
the education and training is necessary for the recipient to
provide self-care in order to assist in wound care management and to
improve the recipient's health care outcomes.
(d) The executive commissioner, after consulting with
organizations that assist individuals with wound care, including
recipients of medical assistance, shall:
(1) adopt reimbursement rates for an authorized wound
care education and training services provider for the provision of
wound care education and training services; and
(2) establish outcome measures for evaluating the
health care outcomes of recipients who receive wound care education
and training services from an authorized wound care education and
training services provider.
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.