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| 4 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 8 | | relating to the continuation of a pilot program designed to improve |
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| 7 | 9 | | the quality and accessibility of care for certain Medicaid |
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| 8 | 10 | | recipients. |
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| 9 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 526, Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 13 | | amended by adding Section 526.0060 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 14 | | Sec. 531.0738. CONTINUATION OF THE PILOT MODEL OF CARE FOR |
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| 13 | 15 | | CERTAIN MEDICAID RECIPIENTS. (a) To the extent funds are available |
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| 14 | 16 | | for this purpose, the commission shall continue the Maternal Opioid |
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| 15 | 17 | | Misuse Model pilot program, a model of care designed to improve the |
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| 16 | 18 | | quality and accessibility of care for: |
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| 17 | 19 | | (1) pregnant women with opioid use disorder enrolled |
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| 18 | 20 | | in Medicaid during the prenatal and postpartum periods; and |
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| 19 | 21 | | (2) their children after birth.(b) This section |
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| 20 | 22 | | expires December 1, 2028. |
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| 21 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Not later than December 31, 2028, the commission |
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| 22 | 24 | | shall prepare and submit to the legislature a report on the benefits |
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| 23 | 25 | | of the program, including measures of birth outcomes. |
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| 24 | 26 | | SECTION 3. To the extent available for use, the Texas opioid |
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| 25 | 27 | | abatement fund council shall prioritize funding to the Maternal |
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| 26 | 28 | | Opioid Misuse Model as a grant recipient of money allocated to the |
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| 27 | 29 | | council from the Opioid Abatement Trust Fund, established by |
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| 28 | 30 | | Section 403.506. |
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| 29 | 31 | | SECTION 4. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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| 30 | 32 | | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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| 31 | 33 | | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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| 32 | 34 | | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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| 33 | 35 | | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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| 34 | 36 | | waiver or authorization is granted. |
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| 35 | 37 | | SECTION 5. The Health and Human Services Commission is |
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| 36 | 38 | | required to implement a provision of this Act only if the |
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| 37 | 39 | | legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If |
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| 38 | 40 | | the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that |
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| 39 | 41 | | purpose, the commission may, but is not required to, implement a |
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| 40 | 42 | | provision of this Act using other appropriations available for that |
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| 41 | 43 | | purpose. |
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| 42 | 44 | | SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 43 | 45 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 44 | 46 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 45 | 47 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 46 | 48 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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