Bill Text: TX HB2932 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of and funding for additional program of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE) sites; making an appropriation.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-14 - Referred to Human Services [HB2932 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2932-Introduced.html
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By: Lujan | H.B. No. 2932 |
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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. |