87R5087 KFF-D
 
  By: Lopez H.B. No. 2365
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
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.
         (d)  If a Medicaid recipient experiences an injury for which
  the recipient receives inpatient emergency services from a military
  medical treatment facility that is a hospital, the commission may
  not impose a 30-day spell of illness limitation or other
  requirement that limits the period of time the recipient may
  receive those services.
         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.