H.B. No. 4888
AN ACT
relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for non-opioid
treatments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Section 32.03117 to read as follows:
Sec. 32.03117. REIMBURSEMENT FOR NON-OPIOID TREATMENTS.
(a) In this section, "non-opioid treatment" means a drug or
biological product that is indicated to produce analgesia without
acting on the body's opioid receptors.
(b) The commission shall ensure that medical assistance
reimbursement is provided to a provider who provides a non-opioid
treatment to a recipient under the medical assistance program.
(c) The executive commissioner by rule shall ensure that, to
the extent permitted by federal law, a hospital provider that
provides outpatient department services to a medical assistance
recipient is reimbursed separately under the medical assistance
program for any non-opioid treatment provided as a part of those
services.
SECTION 2. 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 3. 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. 4888 was passed by the House on May 9,
2023, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 9, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 4888 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 6,
2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4888 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor