Bill Text: TX HB3700 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the provision of Medicaid benefits under a fee-for-service delivery model.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-19 - Referred to Human Services [HB3700 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3700-Introduced.html
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By: Muñoz, Jr. | H.B. No. 3700 |
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relating to the provision of Medicaid benefits under a | ||
fee-for-service delivery model. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 32.0212, Human Resources Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 32.0212. DELIVERY OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. (a) | ||
Notwithstanding any other law and subject to Subsection (b) | ||
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medical assistance solely through a fee-for-service delivery model | ||
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(b) Not later than September 1, 2021, the commission shall | ||
complete the transition of the delivery of medical assistance under | ||
a managed care delivery model to the fee-for-service model used to | ||
deliver medical assistance before the implementation of managed | ||
care delivery models, including before the implementation of the | ||
changes in law relating to the delivery of medical assistance | ||
benefits through a managed care delivery model under: | ||
(1) Chapter 7 (S.B. 7), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, | ||
1st Called Session, 2011; and | ||
(2) Chapter 1310 (S.B. 7), Acts of the 83rd | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2013. | ||
(c) The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt a | ||
transition plan for purposes of implementing this section. | ||
(d) Not later than November 1, 2020, the commission shall | ||
submit a report to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of | ||
the house of representatives, and the legislature regarding the | ||
transition plan required by Subsection (c) and the implementation | ||
of this section together with any recommendations regarding | ||
required legislation. | ||
(e) To the extent practicable considering the differences | ||
between the fee-for-service and managed care delivery models for | ||
delivering medical assistance, a provision of law requiring or | ||
authorizing an action under the managed care delivery model shall | ||
be construed as applying to the fee-for-service delivery model, and | ||
the commission shall make or allow any modifications necessary for | ||
that construction. | ||
SECTION 2. Effective September 1, 2021, Chapters 533 and | ||
534, Government Code, are repealed. | ||
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, 2019. |