Amend CSSB 1105 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter A, Chapter 533, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 533.032 to read as follows:
Sec. 533.032. COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS. (a) In this section, "community health worker" has the meaning assigned by Section 48.001, Health and Safety Code.
(b) The commission shall allow each Medicaid managed care organization that contracts with the commission to provide health care services to recipients under the STAR Medicaid managed care program to categorize services provided by a community health worker as a quality improvement cost, as authorized by federal law, instead of as an administrative expense.