H.B. No. 3265
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the submission of certain reports by the Health and
  Human Services Commission.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 531.06021(b), Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The [Not later than the 30th day after the last day of
  each state fiscal quarter, the] commission shall submit to the
  governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of
  representatives, the Legislative Budget Board, and each standing
  legislative committee with primary jurisdiction over Medicaid a
  semiannual report containing, for the preceding six-month period
  [most recent state fiscal quarter], the following information and
  data related to access to care for Medicaid recipients receiving
  benefits under the medically dependent children (MDCP) waiver
  program:
               (1)  enrollment in the Medicaid buy-in for children
  program implemented under Section 531.02444;
               (2)  requests relating to interest list placements
  under Section 531.0601;
               (3)  use of the Medicaid escalation help line
  established under Section 533.00253, if the help line was
  operational during the applicable six-month period [state fiscal
  quarter];
               (4)  use of, requests for, and outcomes of the external
  medical review procedure established under Section 531.024164; and
               (5)  complaints relating to the medically dependent
  children (MDCP) waiver program, categorized by disposition.
         SECTION 2.  Section 32.155(e), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (e)  The commission shall [may] submit the report required
  under Subsection (d) with the report required under Section
  536.008, Government Code.
         SECTION 3.  Section 255.005, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 255.005.  REPORT. (a) The Health and Human Services
  Commission [department] shall assess and evaluate the
  effectiveness of the quality assurance early warning system and
  shall report its findings annually to the governor, the lieutenant
  governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives.
         (b)  The Health and Human Services Commission shall submit
  the report required under this section with the report required
  under Section 536.008, Government Code.
         SECTION 4.  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 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3265 was passed by the House on May 6,
  2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 112, Nays 22, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 3265 on May 25, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 114, Nays 25,
  3 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3265 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 23, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 26, Nays
  5.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor