87R6454 JG-D
By: Minjarez H.B. No. 3755
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to limitations on cost-sharing requirements for certain
physical therapy services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 32.064, Human Resources Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) Notwithstanding any provision of this section, Section
32.0641, or other law, the executive commissioner may not adopt
rules imposing on a recipient of medical assistance a copayment or
other cost-sharing requirement for the receipt of physical therapy
services in an amount that is greater than a copayment or other
cost-sharing requirement imposed on the recipient for the receipt
of a primary care service.
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.