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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the distribution of a Medicaid managed care |
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organization's provider network directory. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 533.0063(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) A [Except as provided by Subsection (c), a] managed care |
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organization is required to send a paper form of the organization's |
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provider network directory for the program only to a recipient who |
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requests to receive the directory in paper form. |
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SECTION 2. Section 533.0063(c), Government Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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waiver or authorization is granted. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the 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. |