Amend Amendment No. 164 by Guillen to CSSB 1 (page 254 of the prefiled amendment packet) by striking the text of the amendment and substituting the following:
Amend CSSB 1 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the bill and renumbering subsequent ARTICLES and SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
ARTICLE ____. MEDICAID SERVICES
SECTION ____.01_. (a) Subchapter A, Chapter 533, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 533.0065 to read as follows:
Sec. 533.0065. EYE HEALTH CARE SERVICE PROVIDERS. Subject to Section 32.047, Human Resources Code, but notwithstanding any other law, if the commission determines that access to optometrists, therapeutic optometrists, or ophthalmologists under the Medicaid managed care model or arrangement in a particular region of the state is not adequate, the commission shall require that each managed care organization that contracts with the commission under any Medicaid managed care model or arrangement to provide health care services to recipients in the region include in the organization's provider network each optometrist, therapeutic optometrist, and ophthalmologist who:
(1) agrees to comply with the terms and conditions of the organization;
(2) agrees to accept the prevailing provider contract rate of the organization;
(3) agrees to abide by the standards of care required by the organization; and
(4) has the credentials required by the organization.
(b) If before implementing any provision of this section a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the waiver or authorization is granted.