78R5712 KKA-D

By:  Flores                                                       H.B. No. 1256



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a prohibition of expansion of managed care delivery 
systems under the state Medicaid program.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 533, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 533.019 to read as follows:
	Sec. 533.019.  PROHIBITION ON EXPANSION OF MEDICAID MANAGED 
DELIVERY SYSTEMS.  Notwithstanding any other law, the commission 
may not:
		(1)  implement additional Medicaid managed care pilot 
programs, Medicaid behavioral health pilot programs, or Medicaid 
Star + Plus pilot programs; or
		(2)  otherwise expand the use of managed care delivery 
systems under the Medicaid program in this state.
	SECTION 2.  Section 533.019, Government Code, as added by 
this Act, does not affect the authority of the Health and Human 
Services Commission or a health and human services agency to 
administer a pilot program or other managed care delivery system 
that is in operation on the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.