Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	88R10651 MM-F
2	2	By: Lujan H.B. No. 2932
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the establishment of and funding for additional program
8	8	of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE) sites; making an
9	9	appropriation.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code,
12	12	is amended by adding Section 32.0534 to read as follows:
13	13	Sec. 32.0534. ADDITIONAL PACE PROGRAM SITES. (a) The
14	14	commission shall establish three PACE program sites that are in
15	15	addition to the PACE program sites operating before September 1,
16	16	2023. Each of the additional sites must:
17	17	(1) have capacity to serve a maximum of 300 program
18	18	slots; and
19	19	(2) be administered by an entity with available
20	20	facility space and demonstrated administrative capacity.
21	21	(b) A PACE program site established under Subsection (a)
22	22	must:
23	23	(1) support the goals of:
24	24	(A) increased access to health care services;
25	25	(B) options for eligible individuals; and
26	26	(C) improved public health outcomes;
27	27	(2) comply with Section 32.053 and all regulatory
28	28	requirements; and
29	29	(3) be approved as a provider agency by the Centers for
30	30	Medicare and Medicaid Services.
31	31	(c) If money appropriated by the legislature to the
32	32	commission for purposes of this section is insufficient to fund the
33	33	additional slots described by Subsection (a) for a state fiscal
34	34	biennium, the executive commissioner shall submit a written request
35	35	to the Legislative Budget Board and the governor for approval to
36	36	transfer money appropriated to the commission for the biennium for
37	37	other purposes to fund the additional slots. The request is
38	38	considered approved unless the Legislative Budget Board or the
39	39	governor issues a written disapproval of the request not later than
40	40	the 30th business day after the date Legislative Budget Board staff
41	41	conclude a review of the request and forward the review to the chair
42	42	of the house appropriations committee, the chair of the senate
43	43	finance committee, the speaker of the house of representatives, and
44	44	the lieutenant governor. Any request for additional information
45	45	the Legislative Budget Board makes tolls the counting of the 30
46	46	business days.
47	47	(d) On the request of the commission, the Legislative Budget
48	48	Board, or the governor, a PACE program provider shall provide
49	49	information related to the provider's actual costs, caseloads, and
50	50	services for purposes of this section.
51	51	SECTION 2. The amount of $16.48 million is appropriated
52	52	from the general revenue fund to the Health and Human Services
53	53	Commission for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2023,
54	54	for the purpose of establishing additional program of all-inclusive
55	55	care for the elderly (PACE) sites in accordance with Section
56	56	32.0534, Human Resources Code, as added by this Act.
57	57	SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.