88R10651 MM-F
 
  By: Lujan H.B. No. 2932
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the establishment of and funding for additional program
  of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE) sites; making an
  appropriation.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code,
  is amended by adding Section 32.0534 to read as follows:
         Sec. 32.0534.  ADDITIONAL PACE PROGRAM SITES. (a) The
  commission shall establish three PACE program sites that are in
  addition to the PACE program sites operating before September 1,
  2023. Each of the additional sites must:
               (1)  have capacity to serve a maximum of 300 program
  slots; and
               (2)  be administered by an entity with available
  facility space and demonstrated administrative capacity.
         (b)  A PACE program site established under Subsection (a)
  must:
               (1)  support the goals of:
                     (A)  increased access to health care services;
                     (B)  options for eligible individuals; and
                     (C)  improved public health outcomes;
               (2)  comply with Section 32.053 and all regulatory
  requirements; and
               (3)  be approved as a provider agency by the Centers for
  Medicare and Medicaid Services.
         (c)  If money appropriated by the legislature to the
  commission for purposes of this section is insufficient to fund the
  additional slots described by Subsection (a) for a state fiscal
  biennium, the executive commissioner shall submit a written request
  to the Legislative Budget Board and the governor for approval to
  transfer money appropriated to the commission for the biennium for
  other purposes to fund the additional slots. The request is
  considered approved unless the Legislative Budget Board or the
  governor issues a written disapproval of the request not later than
  the 30th business day after the date Legislative Budget Board staff
  conclude a review of the request and forward the review to the chair
  of the house appropriations committee, the chair of the senate
  finance committee, the speaker of the house of representatives, and
  the lieutenant governor. Any request for additional information
  the Legislative Budget Board makes tolls the counting of the 30
  business days.
         (d)  On the request of the commission, the Legislative Budget
  Board, or the governor, a PACE program provider shall provide
  information related to the provider's actual costs, caseloads, and
  services for purposes of this section.
         SECTION 2.  The amount of $16.48 million is appropriated
  from the general revenue fund to the Health and Human Services
  Commission for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2023,
  for the purpose of establishing additional program of all-inclusive
  care for the elderly (PACE) sites in accordance with Section
  32.0534, Human Resources Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.