Bill Text: TX SB1885 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the reimbursement of providers for the provision of certain home telemonitoring services under the Medicaid program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-25 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB1885 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1885-Introduced.html
By: Zaffirini, Watson | S.B. No. 1885 | |
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relating to the reimbursement of providers for the provision of | ||
certain home telemonitoring services under the Medicaid program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 531.02164, Government Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: | ||
(c-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (c)(1), the program | ||
required under this section must also provide that home | ||
telemonitoring services are available to pediatric patients with | ||
chronic or complex medical needs who: | ||
(1) are being concurrently treated by at least three | ||
medical specialists; | ||
(2) are medically dependent on technology; | ||
(3) are diagnosed with end-stage solid organ disease; | ||
or | ||
(4) require mechanical ventilation. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 531.02176, Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
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SECTION 3. The executive commissioner of the Health and | ||
Human Services Commission shall adopt the rules necessary to | ||
implement Section 531.02164(c-1), Government Code, as added by this | ||
Act, not later than December 1, 2015. | ||
SECTION 4. If before implementing any provision of this Act | ||
a state agency determines that a waiver, an amendment to an existing | ||
waiver, or another authorization from a federal agency is necessary | ||
for implementation of that provision, the agency affected by the | ||
provision shall request the waiver, amendment to the existing | ||
waiver, or other authorization and may delay implementing that | ||
provision until the waiver, amendment, or authorization is granted. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |