Bill Text: TX HB3145 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to Medicaid reimbursement for dental services provided to certain adults with disabilities.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-20 - Left pending in committee [HB3145 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3145-Introduced.html
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By: Deshotel | H.B. No. 3145 |
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relating to Medicaid reimbursement for dental services provided to | ||
certain adults with disabilities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 32.054, Human Resources Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
(f) To prevent serious medical conditions and reduce | ||
emergency room visits necessitated by complications resulting from | ||
a lack of access to dental care, the commission shall provide | ||
medical assistance reimbursement for preventive dental services, | ||
including reimbursement for at least one preventive dental care | ||
visit per year, for an adult recipient with a disability who is | ||
enrolled in the STAR+PLUS Medicaid managed care program. This | ||
subsection does not apply to an adult recipient who is enrolled in | ||
the STAR+PLUS home and community-based services (HCBS) waiver | ||
program. This subsection may not be construed to reduce dental | ||
services available to persons with disabilities that are otherwise | ||
reimbursable under the medical assistance program. | ||
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, 2021. |