Bill Text: TX HB4212 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the renewal of the Texas Health Care Transformation and Quality Improvement Program waiver under Medicaid.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-10 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB4212 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB4212-Introduced.html
| By: Coleman | H.B. No. 4212 | |
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| relating to the renewal of the Texas Health Care Transformation and | ||
| Quality Improvement Program waiver under Medicaid. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 531, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subchapter N-1 to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER N-1. TEXAS HEALTH CARE TRANSFORMATION AND QUALITY | ||
| IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WAIVER | ||
| Sec. 531.521. RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS. Any renewal of the | ||
| Texas Health Care Transformation and Quality Improvement Program | ||
| waiver issued under Section 1115 of the federal Social Security Act | ||
| (42 U.S.C. Section 1315) must: | ||
| (1) allocate funding to hospitals and other safety net | ||
| providers to ensure the financial viability of the hospitals and | ||
| providers; | ||
| (2) provide incentives for: | ||
| (A) developing and expanding local and regional | ||
| health care systems in order to reduce health care costs and | ||
| increase the amount and types of health care services provided to | ||
| uninsured persons; and | ||
| (B) encouraging Medicaid recipients to actively | ||
| participate in their health care and engage in healthy behaviors; | ||
| (3) provide a continuum of health care services for | ||
| Medicaid recipients that includes: | ||
| (A) preventive care; | ||
| (B) primary care; | ||
| (C) specialty care; | ||
| (D) outpatient services; | ||
| (E) inpatient services; | ||
| (F) mental health services; and | ||
| (G) substance use services; | ||
| (4) allow for variation in the manner Medicaid | ||
| services are delivered, including through the use of: | ||
| (A) managed care organizations; | ||
| (B) accountable care organizations; or | ||
| (C) health savings accounts; and | ||
| (5) ensure that any additional federal matching funds | ||
| available are accepted and used to provide local and regional | ||
| health care services to otherwise uninsured persons. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. | ||
| If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
