Bill Text: TX SB2480 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of the Medicaid Waiver Legislative Oversight Committee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-07 - Referred to House Administration [SB2480 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2480-Engrossed.html
By: Kolkhorst | S.B. No. 2480 |
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relating to the establishment of the Medicaid Waiver Legislative | ||
Oversight Committee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 531, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 531.172 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 531.172. MEDICAID WAIVER LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT | ||
COMMITTEE. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Committee" means the Medicaid Waiver Legislative | ||
Oversight Committee established under this section. | ||
(2) "Section 1115 waiver" means the Texas Healthcare | ||
Transformation and Quality Improvement Program waiver under | ||
Section 1115 of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section | ||
1315). | ||
(b) The Medicaid Waiver Legislative Oversight Committee is | ||
created to oversee and advise the commission regarding the Section | ||
1115 waiver and the commission's negotiations with the Centers for | ||
Medicare and Medicaid Services or other appropriate federal agency | ||
to renew the waiver, including the extension or renewal of the | ||
uncompensated care pool and the transition plan for the delivery | ||
system that will succeed the Delivery System Reform Incentive | ||
Payment (DSRIP) program. | ||
(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 the 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) oversee the Section 1115 waiver and facilitate the | ||
design and development of the renewed waiver; | ||
(2) meet at the call of the co-chairs; and | ||
(3) 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) On September 1, 2023, the committee is abolished and | ||
this section expires. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than October 1, 2019, the lieutenant | ||
governor and the speaker of the house of representatives shall | ||
appoint the members of the Medicaid Waiver Legislative Oversight | ||
Committee as required by Section 531.172(c), Government Code, as | ||
added by this Act. | ||
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, 2019. |