Bill Text: TX HB3036 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to a study on the savings to the state achieved by the expansion of Medicaid managed care in regards to the number of persons served and the scope of services provided.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-15 - Referred to Finance [HB3036 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3036-Engrossed.html
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By: Martinez, Guillen | H.B. No. 3036 |
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relating to a study on the savings to the state achieved by the | ||
expansion of Medicaid managed care in regards to the number of | ||
persons served and the scope of services provided. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. (a) The Health and Human Services Commission | ||
shall conduct a study on the accuracy of the Legislative Budget | ||
Board's estimate that the changes in law made by Chapter 7 (S.B. 7), | ||
Acts of the 82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, would | ||
produce a savings of $467,628,328 for the state during the fiscal | ||
biennium ending August 31, 2013. In conducting the study, the | ||
Health and Human Services Commission shall focus on the savings | ||
achieved by the changes in law relating to the expansion of Medicaid | ||
managed care, particularly with regard to the increase in the | ||
number of persons served by and the scope of services provided | ||
through Medicaid managed care organizations. | ||
(b) Not later than December 31, 2016, the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission shall submit a report containing the results of | ||
the study conducted under Subsection (a) of this section to the | ||
governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of | ||
representatives. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act expires December 31, 2017. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |