Bill Text: TX HB394 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the duties of a hearing officer following a Health and Human Services Commission fair hearing regarding the denial of certain services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-19 - Referred to Human Services [HB394 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB394-Introduced.html

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86R2180 JG-F
By: Minjarez H.B. No. 394

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the duties of a hearing officer following a Health and
Human Services Commission fair hearing regarding the denial of
certain services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 531.0193 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.0193. REQUIRED CONSULTATION WITH MEDICAL DIRECTOR
AFTER FAIR HEARING. The executive commissioner by rule shall
require that, after conducting a fair hearing and before making a
decision, a hearing officer consult with the medical director
described by Section 531.009 in determining the outcome of a
hearing regarding the denial of medically necessary services.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
Services Commission shall adopt rules required by Section 531.0193,
Government Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.