H.B. No. 3265
AN ACT
relating to the submission of certain reports by the Health and
Human Services Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 531.06021(b), Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The [Not later than the 30th day after the last day of
each state fiscal quarter, the] commission shall submit to the
governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of
representatives, the Legislative Budget Board, and each standing
legislative committee with primary jurisdiction over Medicaid a
semiannual report containing, for the preceding six-month period
[most recent state fiscal quarter], the following information and
data related to access to care for Medicaid recipients receiving
benefits under the medically dependent children (MDCP) waiver
program:
(1) enrollment in the Medicaid buy-in for children
program implemented under Section 531.02444;
(2) requests relating to interest list placements
under Section 531.0601;
(3) use of the Medicaid escalation help line
established under Section 533.00253, if the help line was
operational during the applicable six-month period [state fiscal
quarter];
(4) use of, requests for, and outcomes of the external
medical review procedure established under Section 531.024164; and
(5) complaints relating to the medically dependent
children (MDCP) waiver program, categorized by disposition.
SECTION 2. Section 32.155(e), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(e) The commission shall [may] submit the report required
under Subsection (d) with the report required under Section
536.008, Government Code.
SECTION 3. Section 255.005, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 255.005. REPORT. (a) The Health and Human Services
Commission [department] shall assess and evaluate the
effectiveness of the quality assurance early warning system and
shall report its findings annually to the governor, the lieutenant
governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives.
(b) The Health and Human Services Commission shall submit
the report required under this section with the report required
under Section 536.008, Government Code.
SECTION 4. 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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3265 was passed by the House on May 6,
2023, by the following vote: Yeas 112, Nays 22, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 3265 on May 25, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 114, Nays 25,
3 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3265 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 23, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays
5.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor