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| 1 | 1 | By: Coleman H.B. No. 3839 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to home and community support services licensing | |
| 7 | 7 | requirements. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 142.003(a)(19), Health and Safety Code, | |
| 10 | 10 | is amended to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (19) a person that provides home health, hospice, | |
| 12 | 12 | habilitation, or personal assistance services only to persons | |
| 13 | 13 | receiving benefits under: | |
| 14 | 14 | (A) the home and community-based services (HCS) | |
| 15 | 15 | waiver program; | |
| 16 | 16 | (B) the Texas home living (TxHmL) waiver program; | |
| 17 | 17 | (C) the STAR + PLUS or other Medicaid managed | |
| 18 | 18 | care program under the program's HCS or TxHmL certification; or | |
| 19 | 19 | (D) the Intellectual and developmental | |
| 20 | 20 | disabilities habilitative specialized services (IHSS)program; | |
| 21 | 21 | (E) Section 534.152, Government Code; or | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |