78R7109 KKA-F
By: Jackson S.B. No. 1756
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to Medicaid incentive payments for direct nursing care
provided by nursing homes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 32.028, Human Resources Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
(i) Notwithstanding Subsection (g), the Health and Human
Services Commission shall ensure that rules governing the incentive
program described by Subsection (g)(1):
(1) provide that participation by a nursing home in
the incentive program is completely voluntary; and
(2) do not impose a minimum spending requirement for
direct care staff or direct care wages and benefits on a nursing
home that does not participate in the incentive program.
SECTION 2. 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.