Bill Text: TX HB3109 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to identifying and addressing social determinants of health in Medicaid managed care contracts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-19 - Referred to Human Services [HB3109 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3109-Introduced.html
By: Coleman | H.B. No. 3109 |
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relating to identifying and addressing social determinants of | ||
health in Medicaid managed care contracts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 533.005, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding subsection (a)(27-29)to read as follows: | ||
(27) a requirement that the managed care organization | ||
perform routine screening of recipients to identify social | ||
determinants of health including: | ||
(A) housing; | ||
(B) education; | ||
(C) economic opportunity; and | ||
(D) community conditions including access to | ||
healthy food, environmental conditions, and safety from crime; | ||
(28) a requirement that the managed care organization | ||
coordinate with local community services and other federal, state, | ||
and local government agencies as applicable to help address the | ||
social determinants of health identified in subsection (27) that | ||
are affecting the health of the recipient; and | ||
(29) a requirement that the managed care organization | ||
have a designated social determinants of health specialists for | ||
each service area they are contracted in. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act does not apply to contracts entered in | ||
to before the effective date but applies to all contracts that are | ||
new, renewed, or extended on or after the effective date. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |