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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the creation of a workgroup to study uniform quality |
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measures under a value-based program for long-term services and |
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supports. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 531, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 531.0122 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 531.0121. WORKGROUP ON UNIFORM QUALITY MEASURES UNDER |
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A VALUE-BASED PROGRAM FOR LONG-TERM SERVICES AND SUPPORTS. (a) |
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Within a committee established under Section 531.012 that studies |
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quality improvement and value-based payment initiatives, the |
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Commission shall establish a workgroup to engage stakeholders |
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representing clients, providers, and other relevant industries |
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providing community long-term services and supports to develop |
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uniform quality measures under a value-based program for long-term |
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services and supports including: |
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(1) developing the underlying methodology for |
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measuring quality under a value-based program; |
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(2) identifying the data sources used under the |
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methodology; and |
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(3) establishing a process for the reporting, |
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collecting, and validating of the data used in the methodology. |
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(b) Data collected shall be accessible to the public |
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including the quality metrics. |
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(c) Through the workgroup process and upon agreement of the |
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full committee, the commission shall establish a plan and timeline |
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for implementing the measures as defined by this Subchapter. |
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(d) The commission shall submit a report on the plan and |
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timeline for implementing the uniform quality measures to the |
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governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house, and each |
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standing committee with jurisdiction overseeing the financing, |
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operation, and management of Medicaid no later than September 1, |
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2020. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |