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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 work group 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 531.01211 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 531.01211. WORK GROUP ON UNIFORM QUALITY MEASURES |
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UNDER VALUE-BASED PROGRAM FOR LONG-TERM SERVICES AND SUPPORTS. (a) |
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The commission shall establish within the advisory committee |
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established under Section 531.012 that studies value-based payment |
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and quality improvement initiatives a work group to study, develop, |
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and recommend uniform quality measures to be implemented under a |
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value-based program for long-term services and supports. The work |
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group shall: |
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(1) develop an underlying methodology for measuring |
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quality under the value-based program; |
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(2) identify the data sources that should be used in |
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the methodology; and |
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(3) develop a process for reporting, collecting, and |
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validating the data used in the methodology. |
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(b) The work group shall engage stakeholders representing |
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clients who receive long-term services and supports and providers |
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and relevant industries that provide community-based long-term |
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services and supports to assist in developing uniform quality |
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measures under Subsection (a). |
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(c) To the extent permitted by federal law, data collected |
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and the uniform quality measures developed by the work group under |
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this section must be accessible to the public. |
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(d) Not later than January 10, 2023, the commission, in |
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consultation with the work group established under this section and |
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with the agreement of the advisory committee in which the work group |
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is established, shall submit a report on the findings and |
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recommendations of the work group to the governor, the lieutenant |
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governor, and the standing committees of the senate and house of |
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representatives having primary jurisdiction over Medicaid. The |
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report must include: |
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(1) the uniform quality measures developed and |
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recommended by the work group under Subsection (a), including any |
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methodology recommended by the work group for measuring quality; |
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and |
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(2) the commission's recommendations for implementing |
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those quality measures, including a proposed timeline for |
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implementation of the measures and a description of any potential |
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legislation that would be required for implementation of the |
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measures. |
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(e) This section expires September 1, 2023. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |