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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to implementing incentives to encourage Medicaid |
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recipients to engage in healthy behaviors. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 531.098 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 531.098. INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE HEALTHY BEHAVIORS. (a) |
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If the commission determines that it is feasible and |
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cost-effective, the commission shall develop and implement |
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incentives to encourage Medicaid recipients to engage in healthy |
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behaviors. |
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(b) Incentives implemented under Subsection (a) may include |
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enhanced benefit accounts or other similar rewards accounts that |
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allow Medicaid recipients who engage in prescribed health-related |
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activities to earn credits to the accounts that may be used to |
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obtain enhanced health care benefits. |
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(c) The commission may implement the incentives developed |
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under this section in a pilot program before determining whether to |
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implement the incentives statewide. |
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SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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waiver or authorization is granted. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |