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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain required reports prepared by state agencies and |
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other governmental entities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.751(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) The center shall examine the efficiency of the public |
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school system and the effectiveness of instructional methods and |
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curricular programs and promote the use of successful methods and |
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programs. The center shall monitor and evaluate the implementation |
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of the accountability system under Chapter 39 [and provide annual
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progress reports to the governor, Legislative Budget Board, and
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commissioner of education]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 531.421, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 531.421. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: |
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(1) "Children with severe emotional disturbances" |
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includes: |
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(A) children who are at risk of incarceration or |
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placement in a residential mental health facility; |
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(B) children for whom a court may appoint the |
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Department of Family and Protective Services as managing |
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conservator; |
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(C) children who are students in a special |
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education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code; |
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and |
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(D) children who have a substance abuse disorder |
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or a developmental disability. |
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(2) "Community resource coordination group" means a |
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coordination group established under a memorandum of understanding |
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adopted under Section 531.055. |
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(3) ["Consortium" means the Texas System of Care
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Consortium established under Subchapter G-1.
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[(4)] "Systems of care services" means a comprehensive |
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state system of mental health services and other necessary and |
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related services that is organized as a coordinated network to meet |
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the multiple and changing needs of children with severe emotional |
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disturbances and their families. |
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SECTION 3. Section 531.422(c), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(c) Each community resource coordination group shall submit |
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the report described by Subsection (b) to the commission |
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[consortium]. The commission [consortium] shall provide a deadline |
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to each group for submitting the reports. The time frame for |
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completing the reports must be coordinated with any regional |
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reviews by the commission of the delivery of related services. |
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SECTION 4. Section 531.423, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 531.423. SUMMARY REPORT BY COMMISSION [CONSORTIUM]. |
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(a) The commission [consortium] shall create a summary report |
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based on the evaluations in the reports submitted to the commission |
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[consortium] by community resource coordination groups under |
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Section 531.422. The commission's [consortium's] report must |
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include recommendations for policy and statutory changes at each |
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agency that is involved in the provision of systems of care services |
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and the outcome expected from implementing each recommendation. |
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(b) The commission [consortium] shall coordinate, where |
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appropriate, the recommendations in the report created under this |
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section with recommendations in the assessment developed under S.B. |
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No. 491, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, and |
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with the continuum of care developed under S.B. No. 490, Acts of the |
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78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003. |
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(c) The commission [consortium] may include in the report |
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created under this section recommendations for the statewide |
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expansion of sites participating in the Texas System of Care |
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Framework and the integration of services provided at those sites |
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with services provided by community resource coordination groups. |
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(d) The commission [consortium] shall provide a copy of the |
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report created under this section to each agency for which the |
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report makes a recommendation and to other agencies as appropriate. |
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SECTION 5. Section 2056.002(d), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(d) A state agency shall send two copies of each plan to both |
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the Legislative Reference Library and the state publications |
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clearinghouse of the Texas State Library and one copy each to: |
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(1) the governor; |
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(2) the lieutenant governor; |
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(3) the speaker of the house of representatives; |
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(4) the Legislative Budget Board; |
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(5) [the Sunset Advisory Commission;
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[(6)] the state auditor; and |
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(6) [(7)] the Department of Information Resources. |
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SECTION 6. Section 2102.009, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 2102.009. ANNUAL REPORT. The internal auditor shall |
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prepare an annual report and submit the report before November 1 of |
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each year to the governor, the Legislative Budget Board, [the
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Sunset Advisory Commission,] the state auditor, the state agency's |
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governing board, and the administrator. The state auditor shall |
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prescribe the form and content of the report, subject to the |
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approval of the legislative audit committee. |
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SECTION 7. Section 2102.0091(a), Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A state agency shall file with the division of the |
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governor's office responsible for budget and policy [Sunset
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Advisory Commission, the Governor's Office of Budget, Planning, and
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Policy], the state auditor, and the Legislative Budget Board a copy |
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of each report submitted to the state agency's governing board or |
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the administrator of the state agency if the state agency does not |
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have a governing board by the agency's internal auditor. |
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SECTION 8. Section 2306.908, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 2306.908. REPORT. The council shall submit annually a |
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progress report to the governing bodies of the agencies represented |
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on the council, other than the governing body of the Department of |
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Aging and Disability Services or its successor agency. |
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SECTION 9. The heading to Subchapter E, Chapter 386, Health |
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and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER E. EVALUATION OF UTILITY COMMISSION [AND COMPTROLLER] |
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ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS |
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SECTION 10. Section 386.205, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 386.205. EVALUATION OF UTILITY COMMISSION [AND
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COMPTROLLER] ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS. In cooperation with the |
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laboratory, the utility commission shall provide an annual report |
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to the commission that, by county, quantifies the reductions of |
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energy demand, peak loads, and associated emissions of air |
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contaminants achieved [from programs implemented by the state
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energy conservation office and] from programs implemented under |
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Section 39.905, Utilities Code. |
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SECTION 11. Section 114.008(a), Human Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Not later than November 1 of each even-numbered year, |
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the council shall: |
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(1) prepare a report summarizing requirements the |
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council identifies and recommendations for providing additional or |
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improved services to persons with autism or other pervasive |
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developmental disorders; and |
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(2) deliver the report to [the executive
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commissioner,] the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the |
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speaker of the house of representatives. |
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SECTION 12. Section 13.063(b), Utilities Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The office shall prepare annually a report on the |
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office's activities during the preceding year and submit the report |
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to the standing legislative committees that have jurisdiction over |
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the office, the house appropriations committee, and the senate |
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finance committee[, and the Sunset Advisory Commission]. At a |
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minimum, the report must include: |
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(1) a list of the types of activities conducted by the |
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office and the time spent by the office on each activity; |
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(2) the number of hours billed by the office for |
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representing residential or small commercial consumers in |
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proceedings; |
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(3) the number of staff positions and the type of work |
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performed by each position; and |
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(4) the office's rate of success in representing |
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residential or small commercial consumers in appealing commission |
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decisions. |
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SECTION 13. Section 13, Chapter 1282 (H.B. 2), Acts of the |
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84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 13. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: MEDICAID |
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HEALTH INSURANCE PROVIDERS FEE AND ASSOCIATED FEDERAL INCOME TAX. |
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In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal |
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biennium ending August 31, 2015, $79,685,024 is appropriated out of |
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the general revenue fund, and $113,570,204 is appropriated out of |
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federal funds, to the Health and Human Services Commission for Goal |
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B, Medicaid, as listed in Chapter 1411 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 83rd |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2013 (the General Appropriations |
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Act), for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2015, for the |
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purpose of adjusting Medicaid capitation payments made to managed |
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care organizations providing health care services through managed |
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care plans under the Medicaid program to account for the health |
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insurance providers fee imposed under Section 9010 of the federal |
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. No. 111-148), |
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as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of |
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2010 (Pub. L. No. 111-152), and the associated effects of that fee |
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on federal income taxes. [Before the Health and Human Services
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Commission makes any capitation payments to managed care
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organizations that are adjusted using money appropriated under this
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section, the executive commissioner of the commission shall submit
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a report to the Legislative Budget Board that specifies:
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[(1)
the methodology and bases used to determine the
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amount of the capitation payment adjustments;
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[(2)
the amounts by which capitation payments are
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adjusted using money appropriated under this section; and
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[(3)
whether any managed care organization that is a
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recipient of a capitation payment adjustment paid using money
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appropriated under this section was also a recipient of one or more
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other Medicaid capitation payment adjustments paid during the state
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fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2013, or August 31, 2015, and the
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aggregate cost to this state of the other Medicaid capitation
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payment adjustments paid during those bienniums.] |
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SECTION 14. The following provisions are repealed: |
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(1) Section 61.506(g), Education Code; |
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(2) Sections 402.032(g) and 2206.101(d), Government |
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Code; |
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(3) Section 361.0215(d), Health and Safety Code; |
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(4) Section 22.0252(b), Human Resources Code; and |
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(5) Section 26.3574(x), Water Code. |
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SECTION 15. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |