Bill Text: TX HB2158 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the period of ineligibility from participation in the Medicaid program by providers found liable for certain unlawful acts under the program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-10 - Referred to Health & Human Services [HB2158 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2158-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the period of ineligibility from participation in the Medicaid program by providers found liable for certain unlawful acts under the program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-10 - Referred to Health & Human Services [HB2158 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2158-Comm_Sub.html
83R15096 JSL-F | |||
By: Goldman, Callegari | H.B. No. 2158 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2158: | |||
By: Zedler | C.S.H.B. No. 2158 |
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relating to the period of ineligibility from participation in the | ||
Medicaid program by providers found liable for certain unlawful | ||
acts under the program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 36.005, Human Resources Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsection (b-1) and adding Subsections (b-3) and (f) | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) The period of ineligibility begins on the date on | ||
which a trial court enters a judgment finding the provider liable | ||
under Section 36.052 [ |
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(b-3) Notwithstanding Subsection (b-1), the period of | ||
ineligibility for a physician, a physician organization, or an | ||
individual licensed by a health care regulatory agency begins on | ||
the date on which the determination that the physician, physician | ||
organization, or individual is liable becomes final and all appeals | ||
relating to that determination are exhausted or waived. | ||
(f) For purposes of Subsection (b-3): | ||
(1) "Health care regulatory agency" has the meaning | ||
assigned by Section 774.001, Government Code. | ||
(2) "Physician organization" means: | ||
(A) a professional association composed solely | ||
of physicians; | ||
(B) a single legal entity authorized to practice | ||
medicine in this state and owned by two or more physicians; | ||
(C) a nonprofit health corporation certified | ||
under Chapter 162, Occupations Code; or | ||
(D) a partnership composed solely of physicians. | ||
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, 2013. |