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| 1 | 1 | 87R6454 JG-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Minjarez H.B. No. 3755 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to limitations on cost-sharing requirements for certain | |
| 8 | 8 | physical therapy services. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 32.064, Human Resources Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (e) Notwithstanding any provision of this section, Section | |
| 13 | 13 | 32.0641, or other law, the executive commissioner may not adopt | |
| 14 | 14 | rules imposing on a recipient of medical assistance a copayment or | |
| 15 | 15 | other cost-sharing requirement for the receipt of physical therapy | |
| 16 | 16 | services in an amount that is greater than a copayment or other | |
| 17 | 17 | cost-sharing requirement imposed on the recipient for the receipt | |
| 18 | 18 | of a primary care service. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act | |
| 20 | 20 | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a | |
| 21 | 21 | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, | |
| 22 | 22 | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or | |
| 23 | 23 | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the | |
| 24 | 24 | waiver or authorization is granted. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |