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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reimbursement rates for nursing home services provided |
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to Medicaid recipients. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 32.028, Human Resources Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (q) to read as follows: |
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(q) Subject to Subsection (h) and notwithstanding any other |
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law, rules and standards governing the determination of base rates |
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paid for nursing home services must ensure that providers of those |
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services are reimbursed at a rate that is not less than the national |
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average reimbursement rate paid for those services. |
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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, 2009. |