Bill Text: TX HB2123 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the reimbursement of certain providers under the Medicaid program for the provision of telehealth services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-20 - Referred to Public Health [HB2123 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2123-Introduced.html
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By: Gonzales of Williamson | H.B. No. 2123 |
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relating to the reimbursement of certain providers under the | ||
Medicaid program for the provision of telehealth services. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 531.02171 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 531.02171. REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTAIN TELEHEALTH | ||
SERVICES. (a) In this section, "health professional" has the | ||
meaning assigned by Section 531.0217. | ||
(b) The commission shall ensure that Medicaid reimbursement | ||
is provided to a school district or open-enrollment charter school | ||
for telehealth services provided through the school district or | ||
charter school by a health professional, even if the health | ||
professional is not the patient's primary care physician or | ||
provider, if: | ||
(1) the school district or charter school is an | ||
authorized health care provider under Medicaid; | ||
(2) the parent or legal guardian of the patient | ||
provides consent before the service is provided; and | ||
(3) another health professional is present with the | ||
patient during the provision of the service. | ||
SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |