Amend SB 1921 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended by adding Subsection (ll) to read as follows:
(ll) The commission shall provide medical assistance reimbursement to an authorized wound care education and training services provider and establish outcome measures for evaluating the physical health care outcomes of recipients who receive wound care education and training services from an authorized wound care education and training services provider.
SECTION ____. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, is amended by adding Section 32.0285 to read as follows:
Sec. 32.0285. CALCULATION OF MEDICAL EDUCATION ADD-ON FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF TEACHING HOSPITALS THAT PROVIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL HEALTH SERVICES. The commission shall, on request from a teaching hospital that provides behavioral health and physical health services, update on a biannual basis the education adjustment factor used to calculate the medical education add-on using the most current Medicare education adjustment factor data available under 42 C.F.R. Section 412.105 at the time the commission makes the update.
SECTION ____. Section 32.0285, Human Resources Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a request from a teaching hospital that is made on or after September 1, 2022.