| 1 | 1 | | H.B. No. 4888 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for non-opioid |
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| 6 | 6 | | treatments. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, |
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| 9 | 9 | | is amended by adding Section 32.03117 to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | Sec. 32.03117. REIMBURSEMENT FOR NON-OPIOID TREATMENTS. |
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| 11 | 11 | | (a) In this section, "non-opioid treatment" means a drug or |
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| 12 | 12 | | biological product that is indicated to produce analgesia without |
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| 13 | 13 | | acting on the body's opioid receptors. |
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| 14 | 14 | | (b) The commission shall ensure that medical assistance |
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| 15 | 15 | | reimbursement is provided to a provider who provides a non-opioid |
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| 16 | 16 | | treatment to a recipient under the medical assistance program. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (c) The executive commissioner by rule shall ensure that, to |
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| 18 | 18 | | the extent permitted by federal law, a hospital provider that |
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| 19 | 19 | | provides outpatient department services to a medical assistance |
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| 20 | 20 | | recipient is reimbursed separately under the medical assistance |
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| 21 | 21 | | program for any non-opioid treatment provided as a part of those |
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| 22 | 22 | | services. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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| 24 | 24 | | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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| 25 | 25 | | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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| 26 | 26 | | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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| 27 | 27 | | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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| 28 | 28 | | waiver or authorization is granted. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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| 30 | 30 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 31 | 31 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 32 | 32 | | I certify that H.B. No. 4888 was passed by the House on May 9, |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 9, 2 present, not |
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| 34 | 34 | | voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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| 35 | 35 | | No. 4888 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 6, |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2 present, not voting. |
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| 37 | 37 | | ______________________________ |
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| 38 | 38 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 39 | 39 | | I certify that H.B. No. 4888 was passed by the Senate, with |
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| 40 | 40 | | amendments, on May 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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| 41 | 41 | | 0. |
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| 42 | 42 | | ______________________________ |
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| 43 | 43 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 44 | 44 | | APPROVED: __________________ |
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| 45 | 45 | | Date |
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| 46 | 46 | | __________________ |
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| 47 | 47 | | Governor |
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