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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a report on cost savings attributable to the Medicaid |
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managed care program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 533, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 533.037 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 533.037. REPORT ON PROGRAM SAVINGS. Not later than |
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December 1 of each even-numbered year, the commission shall submit |
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to the legislature a written report that specifies, for each of the |
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two preceding state fiscal years: |
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(1) the amount of money appropriated to the commission |
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for the Medicaid managed care program that was not spent; |
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(2) the amount of profit sharing received under |
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Section 533.014; |
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(3) the estimated savings resulting from access to |
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preventive care and improved quality of health care services for |
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recipients; and |
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(4) a comparison of the total cost of providing |
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services to recipients for that state fiscal year with the total |
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cost of providing those services in the preceding state fiscal |
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year, adjusted to eliminate the effects of program enrollment |
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growth. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2020, the Health and |
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Human Services Commission shall submit the first report required by |
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Section 533.037, Government Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2019. |