1-1  By:  Nelson, Moncrief, Zaffirini                      S.C.R. No. 60
    1-2        (In the Senate - Filed February 16, 1995; February 16, 1995,
    1-3  read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human
    1-4  Services; March 16, 1995, reported adversely, with favorable
    1-5  Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0;
    1-6  March 16, 1995, sent to printer.)
    1-7  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.C.R. No. 60                  By:  Nelson
    1-8                     SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
    1-9        WHEREAS, In its report to the 74th Texas Legislature, the
   1-10  Senate Health and Human Services Committee concluded that the
   1-11  effectiveness of the Texas Medicaid program could be greatly
   1-12  improved by expanding health care coverage generally; and
   1-13        WHEREAS,  The 71st Texas Legislature authorized but did not
   1-14  fund the Texas Health Insurance Risk Pool to provide access to
   1-15  quality health care at minimum cost to the public, to relieve the
   1-16  insurable population of the disruptive cost of sharing coverage,
   1-17  and to maximize reliance on strategies of managed care proven by
   1-18  the private sector (Article 3.77, Insurance Code); and
   1-19        WHEREAS, Along with a health insurance risk pool, the concept
   1-20  of a medical savings account is another device that holds promise
   1-21  of expanding private health care coverage and thereby easing the
   1-22  public burden of Medicaid; and
   1-23        WHEREAS, The Senate Health and Human Services Committee is
   1-24  persuaded that these innovations merit further study and attention
   1-25  in the context of Medicaid reform; now, therefore, be it
   1-26        RESOLVED, That the 74th Legislature of the State of Texas
   1-27  hereby direct the State Medicaid Office to develop a plan for a
   1-28  pilot project that uses Medicaid funds to establish medical savings
   1-29  accounts for recipients of acute care services under the state
   1-30  Medicaid program and study the feasibility of using Medicaid funds
   1-31  for the Texas Health Insurance Risk Pool; and, be it further
   1-32        RESOLVED, That the secretary of state forward an official
   1-33  copy of this resolution to the State Medicaid Office.
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