H.B. No. 2365
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the participation and reimbursement of certain military
  medical treatment facilities and affiliated health care providers
  under Medicaid.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code,
  is amended by adding Section 32.0275 to read as follows:
         Sec. 32.0275.  MILITARY MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES AND
  AFFILIATED HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; REIMBURSEMENT. (a) In this
  section, "military medical treatment facility" means a military
  medical treatment facility described by 10 U.S.C. Section 1073d(b),
  (c), or (d).
         (b)  This section applies only to a military medical
  treatment facility located in this state that has been verified as a
  Level 1 trauma center by the American College of Surgeons or an
  equivalent organization.
         (c)  A military medical treatment facility or a health care
  provider providing services at a military medical treatment
  facility is considered a provider under Medicaid for purposes of
  providing and receiving reimbursement for:
               (1)  inpatient emergency services; and 
               (2)  related outpatient services to the extent those
  services are not available from an enrolled Medicaid provider at
  the time the services are needed.
         SECTION 2.  If before implementing any provision of this Act
  a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
  federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
  the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
  authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
  waiver or authorization is granted.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2365 was passed by the House on May 5,
  2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 91, Nays 55, 1 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 2365 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 91, Nays 54,
  2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2365 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 24, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays
  1.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor