Bill Text: TX HB3763 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the enrollment and reimbursement of psychological associates under Medicaid.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-19 - Referred to Human Services [HB3763 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3763-Introduced.html
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By: Klick | H.B. No. 3763 |
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relating to the enrollment and reimbursement of psychological | ||
associates under Medicaid. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (ll) to read as follows: | ||
(ll) The executive commissioner shall establish a separate | ||
provider type for psychological associates licensed under Chapter | ||
501, Occupations Code, for purposes of enrollment as a provider for | ||
and reimbursement under the medical assistance program. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 32.027(l), Human Resources Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(l) Subject to appropriations, the commission shall assure | ||
that a recipient of medical assistance under this chapter may | ||
select a licensed psychologist, a licensed psychological | ||
associate, a licensed marriage and family therapist, as defined by | ||
Section 502.002, Occupations Code, a licensed professional | ||
counselor, as defined by Section 503.002, Occupations Code, or a | ||
licensed master social worker, as defined by Section 505.002, | ||
Occupations Code, to perform any health care service or procedure | ||
covered under the medical assistance program if the selected person | ||
is authorized by law to perform the service or procedure. This | ||
subsection shall be liberally construed. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 1451.001(18), Insurance Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(18) "Psychological associate" means an individual | ||
licensed as a psychological associate by the Texas State Board of | ||
Examiners of Psychologists [ |
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SECTION 4. The Texas State Board of Examiners of | ||
Psychologists shall adopt any rules necessary to implement the | ||
changes made by this Act. | ||
SECTION 5. 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 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |