Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	88R27588 BDP-D
2	2	By: Klick, Raymond H.B. No. 4627
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the alternative electronic visit verification system
8	8	recognized under Medicaid.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 531.024172, Government Code, is amended
11	11	by amending Subsections (g), (g-1), and (g-2) to read as follows:
12	12	(g) The commission may recognize an alternative [a health
13	13	care provider's proprietary] electronic visit verification system,
14	14	including a system [whether] purchased or developed by a health
15	15	care [the] provider, as complying with this section and allow a
16	16	[the] health care provider to use an alternative electronic visit
17	17	verification [that] system for a period determined by the
18	18	commission if the commission determines that the system:
19	19	(1) complies with all necessary data submission,
20	20	exchange, and reporting requirements established under this
21	21	section; and
22	22	(2) meets all other standards and requirements
23	23	established under this section.
24	24	(g-1) If feasible, the executive commissioner shall ensure
25	25	a health care provider that uses an alternative [the provider's
26	26	proprietary] electronic visit verification system recognized under
27	27	Subsection (g) is reimbursed for the use of that system.
28	28	(g-2) For purposes of facilitating the use of an alternative
29	29	[proprietary] electronic visit verification system [systems] by
30	30	health care providers under Subsection (g) and in consultation with
31	31	industry stakeholders and the work group established under
32	32	Subsection (h), the commission or the executive commissioner, as
33	33	appropriate, shall:
34	34	(1) develop an open model system that mitigates the
35	35	administrative burdens identified by providers required to use
36	36	electronic visit verification;
37	37	(2) allow providers to use emerging technologies,
38	38	including Internet-based, mobile telephone-based, and global
39	39	positioning-based technologies, in the alternative [providers'
40	40	proprietary] electronic visit verification system recognized under
41	41	Subsection (g) [systems]; and
42	42	(3) adopt rules governing:
43	43	(A) data submission; [and]
44	44	(B) provider reimbursement; and
45	45	(C) alternative electronic visit verification
46	46	system approval.
47	47	SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act
48	48	a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
49	49	federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
50	50	the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
51	51	authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
52	52	waiver or authorization is granted.
53	53	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.