Bill Text: TX SB1554 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to establishing a Federal Medicaid Funding and Reform Waivers Legislative Oversight Committee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-17 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB1554 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1554-Comm_Sub.html
By: Kolkhorst | S.B. No. 1554 | |
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relating to establishing a Federal Medicaid Funding and Reform | ||
Waivers Legislative Oversight Committee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 537, Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 537. FEDERAL MEDICAID FUNDING AND REFORM WAIVERS [ |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 537, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 537.001 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 537.001. FEDERAL MEDICAID FUNDING AND REFORM WAIVERS | ||
LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Committee" means the Federal Medicaid Funding and | ||
Reform Waivers Legislative Oversight Committee created under this | ||
section. | ||
(2) "Medicaid block grant funding system" means a | ||
system of funding Medicaid that provides for a set total amount of | ||
federal financial participation regardless of program enrollment. | ||
(3) "Medicaid per capita cap funding system" means a | ||
system of funding Medicaid that provides for a set amount of federal | ||
financial participation per Medicaid enrollee, subject to a preset | ||
cost adjustment factor. | ||
(b) The Federal Medicaid Funding and Reform Waivers | ||
Legislative Oversight Committee is created as provided by this | ||
section if: | ||
(1) the federal government authorizes states to opt to | ||
receive the federal share of money for the operation of Medicaid | ||
through a Medicaid block grant funding system or a Medicaid per | ||
capita cap funding system or requires that states receive that | ||
money through a Medicaid block grant funding system or a Medicaid | ||
per capita cap funding system; or | ||
(2) the executive commissioner seeks a waiver under | ||
Section 537.002. | ||
(c) The committee is composed of eight members, as follows: | ||
(1) four members of the senate, appointed by the | ||
lieutenant governor; and | ||
(2) four members of the house of representatives, | ||
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. | ||
(d) A member of the committee serves at the pleasure of the | ||
appointing official. | ||
(e) The lieutenant governor and speaker of the house of | ||
representatives shall each designate a co-chair from among the | ||
committee members. | ||
(f) A member of the committee may not receive compensation | ||
for serving on the committee but is entitled to reimbursement for | ||
travel expenses incurred by the member while conducting the | ||
business of the committee as provided by the General Appropriations | ||
Act. | ||
(g) The committee shall: | ||
(1) facilitate the design and development of: | ||
(A) a Medicaid block grant waiver or Medicaid per | ||
capita cap waiver, as applicable, if the federal government | ||
authorizes states to opt to receive the federal share of money for | ||
the operation of Medicaid through a Medicaid block grant funding | ||
system or a Medicaid per capita cap funding system or requires that | ||
states receive that money through a Medicaid block grant funding | ||
system or a Medicaid per capita cap funding system; or | ||
(B) any waiver sought under Section 537.002; | ||
(2) facilitate a smooth transition from existing | ||
Medicaid payment systems and benefit designs to a new model of | ||
Medicaid that is enabled by a waiver described by Subdivision (1); | ||
(3) meet at the call of the co-chairs; and | ||
(4) research, take public testimony, and issue reports | ||
requested by the lieutenant governor or speaker of the house of | ||
representatives. | ||
(h) The committee may request reports and other information | ||
from the commission. | ||
(i) The committee shall use existing staff of the senate, | ||
the house of representatives, and the Texas Legislative Council to | ||
assist the committee in performing its duties under this section. | ||
(j) Chapter 551 applies to the committee. | ||
SECTION 3. 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. |