Amend CSSB 2138 by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter A, Chapter 531, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 531.01211 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.01211. WORK GROUP ON QUALITY MEASURES UNDER VALUE-BASED PROGRAM FOR LONG-TERM SERVICES AND SUPPORTS. (a) The commission shall establish within an advisory committee established under Section 531.012 that studies value-based payment and quality improvement initiatives a work group to engage stakeholders representing clients, providers, and other relevant industries providing community long-term services and supports to develop quality measures that can be used under a value-based program for long-term services and supports including:
(1) developing the underlying methodology for measuring quality under a value-based program;
(2) identifying the data sources used under the methodology; and
(3) establishing a process for the reporting, collecting, and validating of the data used in the methodology.
(b) Based on the findings of the work group, the committee described by Subsection (a) shall make recommendations to the commission on implementation of quality measures under a value-based program for long-term services and supports.
(c) Not later than September 1, 2020, the commission shall submit a report on the recommended quality measures to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house, and the standing committees of the senate and house of representatives having primary jurisdiction over Medicaid. The report shall include any relevant implementation timelines and plans for making any data that is collected under this section accessible to the public, including any quality metrics that are implemented.
(e) This section expires September 1, 2020.