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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the alternative electronic visit verification system |
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recognized under Medicaid. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 531.024172, Government Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsections (g), (g-1), and (g-2) to read as follows: |
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(g) The commission may recognize an alternative [a health |
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care provider's proprietary] electronic visit verification system, |
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including a system [whether] purchased or developed by a health |
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care [the] provider, as complying with this section and allow the |
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health care provider to use that system for a period determined by |
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the commission if the commission determines that the system: |
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(1) complies with all necessary data submission, |
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exchange, and reporting requirements established under this |
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section; and |
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(2) meets all other standards and requirements |
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established under this section. |
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(g-1) The [If feasible, the] executive commissioner shall |
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ensure a health care provider that uses an alternative [the |
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provider's proprietary] electronic visit verification system |
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recognized under Subsection (g) is reimbursed for the use of that |
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system. |
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(g-2) For purposes of facilitating the use of an alternative |
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[proprietary] electronic visit verification system [systems] by |
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health care providers under Subsection (g) and in consultation with |
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industry stakeholders and the work group established under |
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Subsection (h), the commission or the executive commissioner, as |
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appropriate, shall: |
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(1) develop an open model system that mitigates the |
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administrative burdens identified by providers required to use |
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electronic visit verification; |
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(2) allow providers to use emerging technologies, |
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including Internet-based, mobile telephone-based, and global |
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positioning-based technologies, in the alternative [providers' |
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proprietary] electronic visit verification system recognized under |
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Subsection (g) [systems]; and |
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(3) adopt rules governing: |
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(A) data submission; [and] |
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(B) provider reimbursement; and |
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(C) alternative electronic visit verification |
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system approval. |
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SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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waiver or authorization is granted. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |