87R6454 JG-D
 
  By: Gutierrez S.B. No. 940
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to limitations on cost-sharing requirements for certain
  physical therapy services.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 32.064, Human Resources Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
         (e)  Notwithstanding any provision of this section, Section
  32.0641, or other law, the executive commissioner may not adopt
  rules imposing on a recipient of medical assistance a copayment or
  other cost-sharing requirement for the receipt of physical therapy
  services in an amount that is greater than a copayment or other
  cost-sharing requirement imposed on the recipient for the receipt
  of a primary care service.
         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.