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Amend HB 1252 (Senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) Strike the recital to SECTION 1 of the bill (page 1,
lines 11 through 12) and substitute "Section 533.009, Government
Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection
(f) to read as follows:".
(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, immediately following amended
Section 533.009(a), Government Code (page 1, between lines 21 and
22), insert the following:
(f) If a managed care organization implements a special
disease management program to manage chronic kidney disease and its
medical complications as provided by Subsection (a) and the managed
care organization develops a program to provide screening for and
diagnosis and treatment of chronic kidney disease and its medical
complications to recipients under the organization's managed care
plan, the program for screening, diagnosis, and treatment must use
generally recognized clinical practice guidelines and laboratory
assessments that identify chronic kidney disease on the basis of
impaired kidney function or the presence of kidney damage.
(3) In SECTION 3 of the bill, in added Subsection (a),
Section 32.069, Human Resources Code (page 1, line 39), strike
"(a)".
(4) In SECTION 3 of the bill, strike added Subsections (b)
and (c), Section 32.069, Human Resources Code (page 1, line 48,
through page 2, line 3).
(5) In SECTION 4 of the bill (page 2, line 8), between
"program" and the period, insert "or between the commission and a
managed care organization under the medical assistance program, as
applicable".