By: Moncrief S.B. No. 832
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to requiring reports from the Health and Human Services
1-3 Commission about the state Medicaid program.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
1-6 amended by adding Sections 531.02111 and 531.02112 to read as
1-7 follows:
1-8 Sec. 531.02111. BIENNIAL MEDICAID FINANCIAL REPORT.
1-9 (a) The commission shall prepare a biennial Medicaid financial
1-10 report covering each state agency that administers any part of the
1-11 state Medicaid program and each of the Medicaid programs operated
1-12 or administered by those agencies.
1-13 (b) The report must include:
1-14 (1) for each state agency described by Subsection (a):
1-15 (A) a description of each of the Medicaid
1-16 programs administered or operated by the agency; and
1-17 (B) an accounting of all funds related to the
1-18 state Medicaid program received and disbursed by the agency during
1-19 the period covered by the report, including:
1-20 (i) the amount of any federal medical
1-21 assistance funds allocated to the agency for the support of each
1-22 of the Medicaid programs operated or administered by the agency;
1-23 (ii) the amount of any funds appropriated
1-24 by the legislature to the agency for each of those programs; and
1-25 (iii) the amount of medical assistance
2-1 payments and related expenditures made by or in connection with
2-2 each of those programs; and
2-3 (2) for each Medicaid program identified in the
2-4 report:
2-5 (A) the amount and source of funds or other
2-6 revenue received by or made available to the agency for the
2-7 program; and
2-8 (B) the information required by Section
2-9 531.02112(b).
2-10 (c) The report must cover the three-year period ending on
2-11 the last day of the previous fiscal year.
2-12 (d) The commission may request from any appropriate state
2-13 agency information necessary to complete the report. Each agency
2-14 shall cooperate with the commission in providing information for
2-15 the report.
2-16 (e) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year,
2-17 the commission shall submit the report to the governor, the
2-18 lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives,
2-19 the presiding officer of each standing committee of the senate and
2-20 house of representatives having jurisdiction over health and human
2-21 services issues, and the comptroller.
2-22 Sec. 531.02112. QUARTERLY REPORT OF MEDICAID EXPENDITURES.
2-23 (a) The commission shall prepare a report, on a quarterly basis,
2-24 regarding the Medicaid expenditures of each state agency that
2-25 administers or operates a Medicaid program.
2-26 (b) The report must identify each agency's expenditures by
3-1 Medicaid program and must include for each program:
3-2 (1) the amount spent on each type of service or
3-3 benefit provided by or under the program;
3-4 (2) the amount spent on program operations, including
3-5 eligibility determination, claims processing, and case management;
3-6 and
3-7 (3) the amount spent on any other administrative
3-8 costs.
3-9 (c) The commission shall submit the report to the governor,
3-10 legislature, and comptroller.
3-11 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
3-12 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
3-13 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
3-14 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
3-15 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
3-16 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1
3-17 SECTION 1. Amend S.B. 832 by inserting "the state auditor,"
3-18 between the "," and the word "and" on page 2, line 21 of the bill.
3-19 SECTION 2. Amend S.B. 832 by inserting "the state auditor,"
3-20 between the "," and the word "and" on page 3, line 10 of the bill.
3-21 Delisi