Bill Text: TX SB2190 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the provision of applied behavior analysis and associated services through telecommunications or information technology under certain public benefits programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-22 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB2190 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2190-Introduced.html
88R8791 SCP-F | ||
By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 2190 |
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relating to the provision of applied behavior analysis and | ||
associated services through telecommunications or information | ||
technology under certain public benefits programs. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 531.02161(b), Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) To the extent permitted by federal law and to the extent | ||
it is cost-effective and clinically effective, as determined by the | ||
commission, the commission shall ensure that Medicaid recipients, | ||
child health plan program enrollees, and other individuals | ||
receiving benefits under a public benefits program administered by | ||
the commission or a health and human services agency, regardless of | ||
whether receiving benefits through a managed care delivery model or | ||
another delivery model, have the option to receive services as | ||
telemedicine medical services, telehealth services, or otherwise | ||
using telecommunications or information technology, including the | ||
following services: | ||
(1) preventive health and wellness services; | ||
(2) case management services, including targeted case | ||
management services; | ||
(3) subject to Subsection (c), behavioral health | ||
services; | ||
(4) occupational, physical, and speech therapy | ||
services; | ||
(5) applied behavior analysis and associated | ||
evaluation services; | ||
(6) nutritional counseling services; and | ||
(7) [ |
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assessments under the following Section 1915(c) waiver programs: | ||
(A) the community living assistance and support | ||
services (CLASS) waiver program; | ||
(B) the deaf-blind with multiple disabilities | ||
(DBMD) waiver program; | ||
(C) the home and community-based services (HCS) | ||
waiver program; and | ||
(D) the Texas home living (TxHmL) waiver program. | ||
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, 2023. |