89R20530 AB-D
By: Hull H.B. No. 136
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 136:
By: Manuel C.S.H.B. No. 136
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for lactation
consultation services.
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 32.02482 to read as follows:
Sec. 32.02482. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE REIMBURSEMENT FOR
LACTATION CONSULTATION SERVICES. (a) In this section:
(1) "Lactation consultant" means an individual
certified by an international or national certification program
approved by the commission to provide lactation consultation
services.
(2) "Recipient" means a medical assistance program
recipient.
(b) The commission shall ensure medical assistance
reimbursement is provided to a lactation consultant for providing
lactation consultation services to a recipient.
(c) The executive commissioner shall establish a separate
provider type for lactation consultants for purposes of enrollment
as a provider for and reimbursement under the medical assistance
program.
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, 2025.