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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reimbursement rates for certain therapy services under |
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Medicaid and accountability 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 531.021, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: |
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(h) In adopting rates for Medicaid payments under |
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Subsection (b-1), the executive commissioner shall ensure that |
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reimbursement rates for occupational, physical, and speech therapy |
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services provided to recipients are at least equal to the |
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reimbursement rates for occupational, physical, and speech therapy |
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services in effect on August 31, 2015, regardless of whether the |
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reimbursements are paid through a fee for service system or a |
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managed care system. The executive commissioner shall adopt rules |
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to ensure the accountability of the commission to recipients who |
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are dependent on those therapy services. |
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SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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Services Commission shall adopt the rules required by Section |
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531.021(h), Government Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |