By Hawley H.B. No. 2425 77R6507 KKA-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to certain pilot programs under the Medicaid managed care 1-3 program. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 533, Government Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 533.016 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 533.016. PROHIBITION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN PILOT 1-8 PROGRAMS. Notwithstanding any other law, the commission may not 1-9 implement Medicaid managed care pilot programs, Medicaid behavioral 1-10 health pilot programs, or Medicaid Star + Plus pilot programs in a 1-11 county with a population of less than 100,000. 1-12 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-13 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-14 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-15 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-16 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.