By Hawley                                             H.B. No. 2425
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                                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.