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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the filing of certain actions involving preauthorized |
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medical care or health care services in the Medicaid program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 531.102(g)(9), Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (9-a) to read as follows: |
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(9-a) The state may not file a civil action for fraud against |
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a physician or health care provider for prior authorized medically |
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necessary services unless the physician or provider has materially |
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misrepresented the documentation relating to the medical or health |
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care services or has substantially failed to perform the medical or |
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health care services. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a civil action commenced on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. A civil action commenced before the effective date of this |
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Act is governed by the law applicable to the action immediately |
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before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |