| 1 | 1 | | 88R3558 KKR-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Johnson S.B. No. 74 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the use of community health workers in Medicaid managed |
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| 8 | 8 | | care. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 533, Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 533.021 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 533.021. COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS. (a) In this |
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| 13 | 13 | | section, "community health worker" has the meaning assigned by |
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| 14 | 14 | | Section 48.001, Health and Safety Code. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (b) The commission shall allow each Medicaid managed care |
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| 16 | 16 | | organization providing health care services under the STAR Medicaid |
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| 17 | 17 | | managed care program to categorize services provided by a community |
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| 18 | 18 | | health worker as a quality improvement cost, as authorized by |
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| 19 | 19 | | federal law, instead of as an administrative expense. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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| 21 | 21 | | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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| 22 | 22 | | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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| 23 | 23 | | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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| 24 | 24 | | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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| 25 | 25 | | waiver or authorization is granted. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 27 | 27 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 28 | 28 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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