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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of community health workers in Medicaid managed |
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care. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 533, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 533.021 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 533.021. COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS. (a) In this |
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section, "community health worker" has the meaning assigned by |
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Section 48.001, Health and Safety Code. |
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(b) The commission shall allow each Medicaid managed care |
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organization providing health care services under the STAR Medicaid |
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managed care program to categorize services provided by a community |
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health worker as a quality improvement cost, as authorized by |
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federal law, instead of as an administrative expense. |
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SECTION 2. 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 3. 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, 2023. |