Amend CSSB 1105 (house committing printing) as follows:
(1) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Effective September 1, 2020, Section 32.003, Human Resources Code, is amended by adding Subdivisions (2) and (3) to read as follows:
(2) "Health service regional office" means an office located in a public health region and administered by a regional director under Section 121.007, Health and Safety Code.
(3) "Local health department" means a local health department established under Subchapter D, Chapter 121, Health and Safety Code.
SECTION ____. Effective September 1, 2020, Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended by adding Subsection (ll) to read as follows:
(ll) The executive commissioner shall establish a separate provider type for local health departments, including health service regional offices acting in the capacity of local health departments, for purposes of enrollment as a provider for and reimbursement under the medical assistance program.
SECTION ____. Effective September 1, 2020, Section 32.101(2), Human Resources Code, is amended to read as follows:
(2) "Health care provider" means a person, other than a physician, who:
(A) is licensed or otherwise authorized to provide a health care service in this state, including:
(i) a pharmacist, dentist, optometrist, mental health counselor, social worker, advanced practice nurse, physician assistant, or durable medical equipment supplier; [or]
(ii) a pharmacy, hospital, or other institution or organization; or
(iii) a local health department or a health service regional office acting in the capacity of a local health department in a public health region;
(B) is wholly owned or controlled by:
(i) a health care provider or a group of health care providers described by Paragraph (A); or
(ii) one or more hospitals and physicians, including a physician-hospital organization;
(C) is a professional association of physicians organized under the Texas Professional Association Law, as described by Section 1.008, Business Organizations Code;
(D) is an approved nonprofit health corporation certified under Chapter 162, Occupations Code;
(E) is a medical and dental unit, as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, a medical school, as defined by Section 61.501, Education Code, or a health science center described by Subchapter K, Chapter 74, Education Code, that employs or contracts with physicians to teach or provide medical services, or employs physicians and contracts with physicians in a practice plan; or
(F) is another person wholly owned by physicians.
(2) On page 14, line 3, strike "This" and substitute "Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this".