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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to telemedicine medical, telehealth, and home |
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telemonitoring services under Medicaid. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 531.0216(f), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(f) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, |
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the commission shall report to the speaker of the house of |
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representatives and the lieutenant governor on the effects of |
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telemedicine medical services, telehealth services, and home |
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telemonitoring services on Medicaid in the state, including the |
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number of physicians, health professionals, and licensed health |
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care facilities using telemedicine medical services, telehealth |
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services, or home telemonitoring services, the geographic and |
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demographic disposition of the physicians and health |
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professionals, the number of patients receiving telemedicine |
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medical services, telehealth services, and home telemonitoring |
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services, the types of services being provided, [and] the cost of |
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utilization, and the cost savings of telemedicine medical services, |
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telehealth services, and home telemonitoring services to Medicaid. |
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SECTION 2. Section 531.02164, Government Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: |
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(c-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (c)(1), the program |
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required under this section must also provide that home |
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telemonitoring services are available to pediatric persons who: |
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(1) are diagnosed with end-stage solid organ disease; |
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(2) have received an organ transplant; or |
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(3) require mechanical ventilation. |
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SECTION 3. Section 531.02176, Government Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 4. The executive commissioner of the Health and |
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Human Services Commission shall adopt the rules necessary to |
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implement Section 531.02164(c-1), Government Code, as added by this |
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Act, not later than December 1, 2019. |
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SECTION 5. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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waiver or authorization is granted. |
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SECTION 6. The Health and Human Services Commission is |
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required to implement a provision of this Act only if the |
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legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If |
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the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that |
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purpose, the commission may, but is not required to, implement a |
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provision of this Act using other appropriations available for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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