TO:	Honorable Dan Patrick, Lieutenant Governor, Senate Honorable Dade Phelan, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives

FROM:	Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board

IN RE:	SB1648 by Perry (Relating to the provision of benefits under the Medicaid program, including to recipients with complex medical needs.), Conference Committee Report

The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined at this time because it in unknown how many Medicaid recipients with complex medical needs would receive services from an out-of-network specialty provider and it is unknown how many Medicaid recipients would enroll in an Advancing Care for Exceptional Kids pilot program.

The Health and Human Services Commission is required to implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature appropriate money specifically for that purpose. If the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that purpose, the commission may, but is not required to, implement a provision of the Act using other appropriations available for that purpose.

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION


May 30, 2021