By: Holland (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) H.B. No. 1357
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2023;
May 5, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Health &
Human Services; May 21, 2023, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 21, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to Medicaid reimbursement for certain medication-assisted
treatments for opioid or substance use disorder.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 32.03115(e), Human Resources Code, is
repealed.
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 immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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