1-1     By:  Nelson                                            S.B. No. 101
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed November 13, 2001; January 11, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce;
 1-4     April 18, 2001, rereferred to Committee on Health and Human
 1-5     Services; April 23, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
 1-6     Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 23, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-7                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-8                                   AN ACT
 1-9     relating to an evaluation of required copayments from recipients of
1-10     medical assistance through managed care.
1-11           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12           SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 533, Government Code, is
1-13     amended by adding Section 533.016 to read as follows:
1-14           Sec. 533.016.  EVALUATION OF COPAYMENT REQUIREMENTS.
1-15     (a)  The commission shall:
1-16                 (1)  evaluate the feasibility of requiring recipients
1-17     enrolled in a managed care plan to make nominal copayments at the
1-18     time that services are received, as authorized by federal law; and
1-19                 (2)  make recommendations to the legislature based on
1-20     that evaluation.
1-21           (b)  This section expires September 1, 2003.
1-22           SECTION 2.  The Health and Human Services Commission shall
1-23     submit the recommendations required by Section 533.016, Government
1-24     Code, as added by this Act, not later than November 1, 2002.
1-25           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-26     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-27     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-28     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-29     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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