Bill Text: TX HB914 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to reimbursement rates for certain therapy services provided to Medicaid recipients.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-04 - Considered in Calendars [HB914 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB914-Introduced.html
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| By: Kolkhorst | H.B. No. 914 | |
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| relating to reimbursement rates for certain therapy services | ||
| provided to Medicaid recipients. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 32.028, Human Resources Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (o) to read as follows: | ||
| (o) The executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
| Services Commission, in adopting reasonable rules and standards | ||
| governing the determination of rates paid for physical, | ||
| occupational, or speech therapy services under the medical | ||
| assistance program, shall ensure that providers holding the same | ||
| professional license and located in the same geographical region | ||
| are reimbursed for the provision of a particular service at an equal | ||
| rate, regardless of: | ||
| (1) the setting in which the service is provided; or | ||
| (2) whether the provider practices as a sole | ||
| practitioner or is associated with or employed by another provider. | ||
| 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, 2013. | ||
