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Senate Bill 547 |
Senate Author: Kolkhorst |
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Effective: 5-29-17 |
House Sponsor: Lambert et al. |
Senate Bill 547 amends the Human Resources Code to remove certain conditions on a state supported living center's authority to provide nonresidential services to support an individual. The bill requires the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) by rule to establish a list of services a state supported living center may provide under a contract with a person that provides services to individuals with developmental disabilities for the center to provide services and resources to support those individuals and to establish procedures for HHSC to create, maintain, and amend as needed a schedule of fees that a state supported living center may charge for a service included in the list. The bill authorizes a state supported living center, based on negotiations between the center and a managed care organization, to charge a fee for a service other than the fee provided by the schedule of fees.