Bill Text: TX SB922 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the reimbursement of certain providers under the Medicaid program for the provision of telehealth services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB922 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB922-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 922 |
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relating to the reimbursement of certain providers under the | ||
Medicaid program for the provision of telehealth services. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 531.02171 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 531.02171. REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTAIN TELEHEALTH | ||
SERVICES. (a) In this section, "health professional" means an | ||
individual who is: | ||
(1) licensed, registered, certified, or otherwise | ||
authorized by this state to practice as a social worker, | ||
occupational therapist, or speech-language pathologist; | ||
(2) a licensed professional counselor; | ||
(3) a licensed marriage and family therapist; or | ||
(4) a licensed specialist in school psychology. | ||
(b) The commission shall ensure that Medicaid reimbursement | ||
is provided to a school district or open-enrollment charter school | ||
for telehealth services provided through the school district or | ||
charter school by a health professional, even if the health | ||
professional is not the patient's primary care provider, if: | ||
(1) the school district or charter school is an | ||
authorized health care provider under Medicaid; and | ||
(2) the parent or legal guardian of the patient | ||
provides consent before the service is provided. | ||
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, 2017. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 922 passed the Senate on | ||
May 1, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2; and that the | ||
Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2017, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 922 passed the House, with | ||
amendment, on May 20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 135, | ||
Nays 0, one present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |