84R9300 SCL-F
 
  By: Sheffield H.B. No. 2340
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to regulation of prescribed pediatric extended care
  centers; amending a provision subject to a criminal penalty.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 248A.051(a), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A person may not own or operate a prescribed pediatric
  extended care center in this state unless the person holds a license
  issued under this chapter. An applicant for a prescribed pediatric
  extended care center license may not provide services under that
  license until the department issues the license.
         SECTION 2.  Section 248A.052, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (d)  The department shall conduct concurrently the
  inspections necessary to determine if the applicant and the center
  meet the requirements of this chapter and the rules and standards
  adopted under this chapter. The department may not require that a
  center admit a child as a prerequisite for any inspection.
         SECTION 3.  The heading to Section 248A.151, Health and
  Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 248A.151.  ADMISSION CRITERIA FOR MINOR CLIENT; ADULT
  ACCOMPANIMENT.
         SECTION 4.  Section 248A.151, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  A minor client's parent, legal guardian, or managing
  conservator is not required to accompany the client when:
               (1)  the client receives services in the center,
  including therapy services delivered in the center but billed
  separately; or
               (2)  the center transports or provides for the
  transport of the client to and from the center.
         SECTION 5.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
  Services Commission shall establish a reimbursement rate for
  licensed pediatric extended care centers that are enrolled in the
  medical assistance program that, when converted to an hourly rate,
  is not more than 70 percent of the average hourly unit rate,
  excluding transportation costs, for private duty nursing provided
  under the Texas Health Steps Comprehensive Care Program.
         SECTION 6.  If before implementing any provision of this Act
  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.
         SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.