By: Shapleigh S.B. No. 1663 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to Medicaid rates. 1-2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-3 SECTION 1. Human Resources Code Section 32.024 is amended by 1-4 adding subsection (v) 1-5 With respect to health care service regions, as that term is 1-6 defined in Government Code Section 533.001(7), that are composed in 1-7 part of counties bordering a foreign nation, the department shall 1-8 study the effect of rates paid to managed care organizations 1-9 participating in the Medicaid Managed Care Program, as that term is 1-10 contemplated in Government Code Chapter 533, on residents' access 1-11 to medical care. A report regarding the study shall be issued to 1-12 the presiding officers of each chamber of the Texas Legislature on 1-13 or before October 15, 2000. 1-14 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on September 1, 1999. 1-15 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-16 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-17 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-18 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-19 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.