Bill Text: TX HB5020 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of the Autism Medicaid Services Program Advisory Committee to evaluate the provision of applied behavior analysis services under Medicaid.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-23 - Referred to Human Services [HB5020 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB5020-Introduced.html
  88R8797 JG-F
 
  By: Gamez H.B. No. 5020
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the establishment of the Autism Medicaid Services
  Program Advisory Committee to evaluate the provision of applied
  behavior analysis services under Medicaid.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 531.0122 to read as follows:
         Sec. 531.0122.  AUTISM MEDICAID SERVICES PROGRAM ADVISORY
  COMMITTEE. (a) In this section:
               (1)  "Advisory committee" means the Autism Medicaid
  Services Program Advisory Committee established under this
  section.
               (2)  "Program" means the autism Medicaid services
  program administered by the commission under Medicaid to provide
  applied behavior analysis services to recipients with autism
  spectrum disorder.
         (b)  In accordance with Section 531.012, the executive
  commissioner by rule shall establish the Autism Medicaid Services
  Program Advisory Committee to evaluate and advise the commission on
  issues and concerns relating to the provision of applied behavior
  analysis services under the program.
         (c)  The executive commissioner shall appoint to the
  advisory committee members with expertise in the provision of
  applied behavior analysis services, including:
               (1)  commission staff;
               (2)  commission contractors;
               (3)  Medicaid managed care organization
  representatives;
               (4)  applied behavioral analysis providers
  participating in the program that represent:
                     (A)  various geographic areas of this state; and
                     (B)  a variety of operational sizes;
               (5)  relevant advocates and stakeholders;
               (6)  recipients of applied behavior analysis services
  or the parents or legal guardians of those recipients; and
               (7)  any other persons the executive commissioner
  determines appropriate.
         (d)  The executive commissioner shall select from among the
  advisory committee members a presiding officer.
         (e)  Not later than November 1 of each year, the advisory
  committee shall prepare and submit to the executive commissioner,
  the commission's executive council established under Section
  531.0051, the governor, and the legislature an electronic written
  report that includes:
               (1)  the total program budget for the preceding fiscal
  year;
               (2)  the total amount of money spent to provide
  reimbursements under the program for the provision of applied
  behavior analysis services during:
                     (A)  the preceding fiscal year under the program
  to provide reimbursements for the provision of applied behavior
  analysis services; and
                     (B)  the period beginning on the date the program
  was established to the 30th day preceding the date the report is
  prepared;
               (3)  the total number of recipients who received
  applied behavior analysis services under the program during:
                     (A)  the preceding fiscal year; and
                     (B)  the period beginning on the date the program
  was established to the 30th day preceding the date the report is
  prepared;
               (4)  the total number of projected recipients who will
  receive applied behavior analysis services under the program for
  the current fiscal year;
               (5)  the minutes of each advisory committee meeting
  conducted during the preceding fiscal year, including any written
  public comments and transcribed oral public comments; and
               (6)  an analysis of barriers to:
                     (A)  the program's efficiency;
                     (B)  access to applied behavior analysis services
  under the program; and
                     (C)  program network adequacy, including
  recommendations for improving program efficiency.
         (f)  Beginning December 1, 2028, the commission shall:
               (1)  annually evaluate whether there is a continuing
  need for the advisory committee; and
               (2)  make a recommendation regarding the committee's
  continuation to the legislature and provide the recommendation with
  the next annual report required under Subsection (e).
         SECTION 2.  (a) Not later than March 1, 2024, the executive
  commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall
  appoint members to the Autism Medicaid Services Program Advisory
  Committee as required by Section 531.0122, Government Code, as
  added by this Act.
         (b)  Notwithstanding Section 531.0122, Government Code, as
  added by this Act, the Autism Medicaid Services Program Advisory
  Committee established under that section is not required to submit
  the first report under that section until November 1, 2024.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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