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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to Medicaid managed care accreditation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 533.0031, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) The Commission may not award a managed care organization |
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a contract to provide services under the state's Medicaid Managed |
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Care Program unless that managed care organization has been |
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accredited or has initiated the process of becoming accredited by a |
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nationally recognized accrediting organization that: |
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(1) is required by no fewer than ten state Medicaid |
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programs as a sole accreditor; |
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(2) distinguishes managed care organizations for the |
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integration of long-term services and supports; and |
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(3) distinguishes managed care organizations for |
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their ability to provide culturally and linguistically sensitive |
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services, and work to reduce health care disparities. |
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SECTION 2. Changes made by this Act apply only to a contract |
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awarded by the Health and Human Services Commission on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |