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1	1	88R8857 EAS-D
2	2	By: Howard H.B. No. 3515
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the establishment and operation of an interdisciplinary
8	8	group to review services provided by home and community support
9	9	services agencies.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Chapter 142, Health and Safety Code, is amended
12	12	by adding Subchapter D to read as follows:
13	13	SUBCHAPTER D. INTERDISCIPLINARY GROUP MEETINGS
14	14	Sec. 142.101. DEFINITION. In this subchapter,
15	15	"interdisciplinary group" and "group" mean a group that meets on
16	16	the request of a home and community support services agency when
17	17	that agency identifies a need to discuss service delivery issues or
18	18	barriers to service delivery for a client served by the agency.
19	19	Sec. 142.102. MEMBERS OF INTERDISCIPLINARY GROUP. An
20	20	interdisciplinary group must include the following members:
21	21	(1) the client who is the subject of the
22	22	interdisciplinary group discussion, the client's representative,
23	23	or both the client and the client's representative;
24	24	(2) a representative of the home and community support
25	25	services agency that requested the interdisciplinary group
26	26	meeting; and
27	27	(3) a commission representative, who must be:
28	28	(A) a case worker or the case worker's designee;
29	29	(B) the applicable contract manager or contract
30	30	manager's designee; or
31	31	(C) the applicable regional nurse or nurse's
32	32	designee.
33	33	Sec. 142.103. INTERDISCIPLINARY GROUP MEETING REQUEST AND
34	34	SUSPENSION OF CLIENT SERVICES. (a) A home and community support
35	35	services agency may submit a request to the commission, in the form
36	36	and manner prescribed by the commission, for an interdisciplinary
37	37	group meeting for a client served by the agency.
38	38	(b) The commission must respond to a home and community
39	39	support services agency's request for an interdisciplinary group
40	40	meeting not later than 48 hours after the request is received by the
41	41	commission.
42	42	(c) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, a home
43	43	and community support services agency may suspend the provision of
44	44	services to a client until a requested interdisciplinary group
45	45	meeting for that client is conducted and the group makes a final
46	46	determination regarding the provision of care to the client. This
47	47	subsection does not apply to a client who has priority status, as
48	48	determined by executive commissioner rule.
49	49	Sec. 142.104. METHOD OF MEETING. (a) Except as provided by
50	50	Subsection (b), an interdisciplinary group shall hold all meetings
51	51	in person.
52	52	(b) If holding an in-person interdisciplinary group meeting
53	53	is not possible, the group may hold the meeting through
54	54	videoconference. If neither an in-person meeting nor a meeting by
55	55	videoconference is possible, the group may hold the meeting by
56	56	telephone conference call.
57	57	Sec. 142.105. EFFECT OF MEETING. (a) Not later than the
58	58	fifth business day after the date of an interdisciplinary group
59	59	meeting, the commission shall:
60	60	(1) resolve any outstanding issues raised in the
61	61	meeting; and
62	62	(2) send a written notice to the home and community
63	63	support services agency that requested the meeting to notify the
64	64	agency that:
65	65	(A) not earlier than the second business day
66	66	after the date the agency receives the notice, the case created by
67	67	the meeting request will be closed; and
68	68	(B) the agency may respond with a request for an
69	69	additional meeting before the date the case is closed.
70	70	(b) The commission shall close a case not earlier than the
71	71	second business day after the date an agency receives notice
72	72	provided under Subsection (a)(2), if the agency did not request an
73	73	additional meeting in accordance with Subsection (a)(2)(B).
74	74	Sec. 142.106. NOTICE OF CLIENT'S PREVIOUSLY SUSPENDED
75	75	SERVICES. The commission shall notify a home and community support
76	76	services agency if:
77	77	(1) the agency provides services to a new client; and
78	78	(2) the client described by Subdivision (1) was the
79	79	subject of a previous interdisciplinary group meeting, and the
80	80	interdisciplinary group determination resulted in the client's
81	81	previous agency suspending services to the client.
82	82	SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
83	83	of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
84	84	Services Commission shall adopt any rules necessary to implement
85	85	Subchapter D, Chapter 142, Health and Safety Code, as added by this
86	86	Act.
87	87	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.