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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the renewal of the Texas Health Care Transformation and |
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Quality Improvement Program waiver under Medicaid. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 531, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subchapter N-1 to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER N-1. TEXAS HEALTH CARE TRANSFORMATION AND QUALITY |
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IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WAIVER |
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Sec. 531.521. RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS. Any renewal of the |
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Texas Health Care Transformation and Quality Improvement Program |
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waiver issued under Section 1115 of the federal Social Security Act |
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(42 U.S.C. Section 1315) must: |
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(1) allocate funding to hospitals and other safety net |
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providers to ensure the financial viability of the hospitals and |
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providers; |
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(2) provide incentives for: |
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(A) developing and expanding local and regional |
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health care systems in order to reduce health care costs and |
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increase the amount and types of health care services provided to |
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uninsured persons; and |
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(B) encouraging Medicaid recipients to actively |
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participate in their health care and engage in healthy behaviors; |
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(3) provide a continuum of health care services for |
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Medicaid recipients that includes: |
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(A) preventive care; |
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(B) primary care; |
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(C) specialty care; |
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(D) outpatient services; |
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(E) inpatient services; |
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(F) mental health services; and |
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(G) substance use services; |
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(4) allow for variation in the manner Medicaid |
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services are delivered, including through the use of: |
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(A) managed care organizations; |
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(B) accountable care organizations; or |
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(C) health savings accounts; and |
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(5) ensure that any additional federal matching funds |
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available are accepted and used to provide local and regional |
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health care services to otherwise uninsured persons. |
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SECTION 2. 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. |