Amend CSHB 1 as follows:

Health and Human Services Commission Proposed Rider Transition of Fee-for-Service Hospice Benefits to Managed Care.

(1)  On page II-____ of the Health and Human Services Commission bill pattern, add the following rider:

____.  Transition of Medicaid Only Hospice Services into Managed Care. It is the intent of the legislature that out of funds appropriated above, the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) shall transition administration and payment of benefits currently provided through fee-for-service Medicaid from the HHSC vendor Texas Medicaid and Healthcare Partnership (TMHP) to managed care organizations for the hospice benefit in STAR, STAR Kids, STAR+PLUS and STAR Health programs to better align benefits for members.