Bill Text: TX HB2342 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a study on Medicaid managed care.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-20 - Referred to Public Health [HB2342 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB2342-Introduced.html

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85R8166 EES-D
By: Martinez H.B. No. 2342

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study on Medicaid managed care.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) The Health and Human Services Commission
shall conduct a study on the accuracy of the Legislative Budget
Board's estimate that the changes in law made by Chapter 7 (S.B. 7),
Acts of the 82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, would
produce a savings of $467,628,328 for the state during the fiscal
biennium ending August 31, 2013. In conducting the study, the
Health and Human Services Commission shall focus on the savings
achieved by the changes in law relating to the expansion of Medicaid
managed care, particularly with regard to the increase in the
number of persons served by and the scope of services provided
through Medicaid managed care organizations. The study must
include, for the period beginning March 1, 2012, and ending
December 31, 2016, for each Medicaid managed care organization
under a contract with the commission:
(1) a list of payments made by the Medicaid managed
care organization to providers that were more than 30 days late and
for each payment, the reason for the delay; and
(2) a list of voluntary provider reimbursement rate
reductions made by the Medicaid managed care organization and for
each reduction, the reason for the reduction.
(b) Not later than December 31, 2018, the Health and Human
Services Commission shall submit a report containing the results of
the study conducted under Subsection (a) of this section to the
governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of
representatives.
SECTION 2. This Act expires December 31, 2019.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.