BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 1260 |
By: King, Susan |
Human Services |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Currently, state supported living centers have the authority to provide certain medical, behavioral, and other services to people in the community who meet certain eligibility requirements. Observers recommend that a list of these services be established by rule in order to give providers and the public a chance to comment on the services that will be offered and the fee schedule for the services. C.S.H.B. 1260 seeks to implement this recommendation.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that rulemaking authority is expressly granted to the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission in SECTION 1 of this bill.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 1260 amends the Human Resources Code to require the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission, by rule, to establish a list of services a state supported living center may provide to individuals with developmental disabilities under a contract and procedures for the Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) to create, maintain, and amend as needed a schedule of fees that a state supported living center may charge for a service included in the list established by rule of the executive commissioner. The bill requires DADS, in creating the fee schedule, to use the reimbursement rate for the applicable service under the Medicaid program or to modify that rate with a written justification for the modification and after holding a public hearing on the issue of the modification. The bill authorizes a state supported living center, based on negotiations between the center and a managed care organization, to charge a fee for a service other than the fee provided by the schedule of fees created by DADS. The bill requires the executive commissioner, not later than September 1, 2016, to adopt the rules listing the authorized services and establishing the procedures for DADS to create the required fee schedule.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2015.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 1260 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and formatted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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