87R18943 KKR-F
By: Raymond, Meza H.B. No. 941
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 941:
By: Frank C.S.H.B. No. 941
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of a work group to study uniform quality
measures under a value-based program for long-term services and
supports.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 531.01211 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.01211. WORK GROUP ON UNIFORM QUALITY MEASURES
UNDER VALUE-BASED PROGRAM FOR LONG-TERM SERVICES AND SUPPORTS. (a)
The commission shall establish within the advisory committee
established under Section 531.012 that studies value-based payment
and quality improvement initiatives a work group to study, develop,
and recommend uniform quality measures to be implemented under a
value-based program for long-term services and supports. The work
group shall:
(1) develop an underlying methodology for measuring
quality under the value-based program;
(2) identify the data sources that should be used in
the methodology; and
(3) develop a process for reporting, collecting, and
validating the data used in the methodology.
(b) The work group shall engage stakeholders representing
clients who receive long-term services and supports and providers
and relevant industries that provide community-based long-term
services and supports to assist in developing uniform quality
measures under Subsection (a).
(c) To the extent permitted by federal law, data collected
and the uniform quality measures developed by the work group under
this section must be accessible to the public.
(d) Not later than January 10, 2023, the commission, in
consultation with the work group established under this section and
with the agreement of the advisory committee in which the work group
is established, shall submit a report on the findings and
recommendations of the work group to the governor, the lieutenant
governor, and the standing committees of the senate and house of
representatives having primary jurisdiction over Medicaid. The
report must include:
(1) the uniform quality measures developed and
recommended by the work group under Subsection (a), including any
methodology recommended by the work group for measuring quality;
and
(2) the commission's recommendations for implementing
those quality measures, including a proposed timeline for
implementation of the measures and a description of any potential
legislation that would be required for implementation of the
measures.
(e) This section expires September 1, 2023.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.