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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to audits conducted by the Health and Human Services |
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Commission's office of inspector general. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 531, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 531.1204 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 531.1204. UNIFORMITY IN AUDITS. (a) To the extent |
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possible, the commission's office of inspector general shall ensure |
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that for hospitals, hospital systems, and other providers subject |
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to audit by the office there is no disparity in the number of times: |
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(1) each hospital is audited by the office compared to |
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the number of times all other hospitals are audited; |
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(2) each hospital system is audited by the office |
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compared to the number of times all other hospital systems are |
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audited; and |
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(3) each other provider is audited by the office |
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compared to the number of times all other providers are audited. |
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(b) Subsection (a) only applies to routine audits conducted |
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by the office. The subsection does not apply to audits conducted as |
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a result of the suspicion of or an allegation of fraud, waste, or |
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abuse by a hospital, hospital system, or other provider. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |