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Amend SB 1188 on third reading as follows:
(1) Strike the recital to SECTION 6(b) of the bill, as
amended by Floor Amendment No. 36 by Truitt on second reading, and
substitute "Subchapter A, Chapter 533, Government Code, is amended
by adding Sections 533.0071 and 533.0072 to read as follows:".
(2) Strike Section 533.0073, Government Code, as added by
Floor Amendment No. 36 by Truitt on second reading.
(3) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the
bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION . MEDICAID UPPER PAYMENT LIMIT. Subchapter A,
Chapter 533, Government Code, is amended by adding Section
533.00251 as follows:
Sec. 533.00251. PRESERVATION OF UPPER PAYMENT LIMIT
PROVISIONS OF MEDICAID PROGRAM. (a) The commission may not expand
any Medicaid managed care capitated model or arrangement if the
expansion would eliminate federal matching payments made to public
hospitals under the federal upper payment limit regulations of the
Medicaid program.
(b) This section expires September 1, 2007.