By: Rose H.B. No. 5155
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the continuation of a pilot program designed to improve
the quality and accessibility of care for certain Medicaid
recipients.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 526, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 526.0060 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.0738. CONTINUATION OF THE PILOT MODEL OF CARE FOR
CERTAIN MEDICAID RECIPIENTS. (a) To the extent funds are available
for this purpose, the commission shall continue the Maternal Opioid
Misuse Model pilot program, a model of care designed to improve the
quality and accessibility of care for:
(1) pregnant women with opioid use disorder enrolled
in Medicaid during the prenatal and postpartum periods; and
(2) their children after birth.(b) This section
expires December 1, 2028.
SECTION 2. Not later than December 31, 2028, the commission
shall prepare and submit to the legislature a report on the benefits
of the program, including measures of birth outcomes.
SECTION 3. To the extent available for use, the Texas opioid
abatement fund council shall prioritize funding to the Maternal
Opioid Misuse Model as a grant recipient of money allocated to the
council from the Opioid Abatement Trust Fund, established by
Section 403.506.
SECTION 4. 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 5. The Health and Human Services Commission is
required to implement a provision of this Act only if the
legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If
the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that
purpose, the commission may, but is not required to, implement a
provision of this Act using other appropriations available for that
purpose.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.