Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3834 Compare Versions

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1	1	87R1751 KFF-F
2	2	By: Klick H.B. No. 3834
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to providing access to local health departments and
8	8	certain health service regional offices under Medicaid.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 32.003, Human Resources Code, is amended
11	11	by adding Subdivisions (2) and (3) to read as follows:
12	12	(2) "Health service regional office" means an office
13	13	located in a public health region and administered by a regional
14	14	director under Section 121.007, Health and Safety Code.
15	15	(3) "Local health department" means a local health
16	16	department established under Subchapter D, Chapter 121, Health and
17	17	Safety Code.
18	18	SECTION 2. Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended
19	19	by adding Subsection (ll) to read as follows:
20	20	(ll) The executive commissioner shall establish a separate
21	21	provider type for local health departments, including health
22	22	service regional offices acting in the capacity of local health
23	23	departments, for purposes of enrollment as a provider for and
24	24	reimbursement under the medical assistance program.
25	25	SECTION 3. Section 32.101(2), Human Resources Code, is
26	26	amended to read as follows:
27	27	(2) "Health care provider" means a person, other than
28	28	a physician, who:
29	29	(A) is licensed or otherwise authorized to
30	30	provide a health care service in this state, including:
31	31	(i) a pharmacist, dentist, optometrist,
32	32	mental health counselor, social worker, advanced practice nurse,
33	33	physician assistant, or durable medical equipment supplier; [or]
34	34	(ii) a pharmacy, hospital, or other
35	35	institution or organization; or
36	36	(iii) a local health department or a health
37	37	service regional office acting in the capacity of a local health
38	38	department in a public health region;
39	39	(B) is wholly owned or controlled by:
40	40	(i) a health care provider or a group of
41	41	health care providers described by Paragraph (A); or
42	42	(ii) one or more hospitals and physicians,
43	43	including a physician-hospital organization;
44	44	(C) is a professional association of physicians
45	45	organized under the Texas Professional Association Law, as
46	46	described by Section 1.008, Business Organizations Code;
47	47	(D) is an approved nonprofit health corporation
48	48	certified under Chapter 162, Occupations Code;
49	49	(E) is a medical and dental unit, as defined by
50	50	Section 61.003, Education Code, a medical school, as defined by
51	51	Section 61.501, Education Code, or a health science center
52	52	described by Subchapter K, Chapter 74, Education Code, that employs
53	53	or contracts with physicians to teach or provide medical services,
54	54	or employs physicians and contracts with physicians in a practice
55	55	plan; or
56	56	(F) is another person wholly owned by physicians.
57	57	SECTION 4. If before implementing any provision of this Act
58	58	a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
59	59	federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
60	60	the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
61	61	authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
62	62	waiver or authorization is granted.
63	63	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2022.