84R10003 EES-D
 
  By: Martinez H.B. No. 3035
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a study on the savings to the state achieved by the
  expansion of Medicaid managed care in regards to the provision of
  prescription drugs and other pharmacy benefits.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  (a) The Health and Human Services Commission
  shall conduct a study on the accuracy of the Legislative Budget
  Board's estimate that the changes in law made by Chapter 7 (S.B. 7),
  Acts of the 82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, would
  produce a savings of $467,628,328 for the state during the fiscal
  biennium ending August 31, 2013. In conducting the study, the
  Health and Human Services Commission shall focus on the savings
  achieved by the changes in law relating to the expansion of Medicaid
  managed care, particularly with regard to the increase in the
  provision of prescription drugs and other pharmacy benefits
  provided through Medicaid managed care organizations.
         (b)  Not later than December 31, 2016, the Health and Human
  Services Commission shall submit a report containing the results of
  the study conducted under Subsection (a) of this section to the
  governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of
  representatives.
         SECTION 2.  This Act expires December 31, 2017.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.