86R2180 JG-F
 
  By: Minjarez H.B. No. 394
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the duties of a hearing officer following a Health and
  Human Services Commission fair hearing regarding the denial of
  certain services.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 531.0193 to read as follows:
         Sec. 531.0193.  REQUIRED CONSULTATION WITH MEDICAL DIRECTOR
  AFTER FAIR HEARING. The executive commissioner by rule shall
  require that, after conducting a fair hearing and before making a
  decision, a hearing officer consult with the medical director
  described by Section 531.009 in determining the outcome of a
  hearing regarding the denial of medically necessary services.
         SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
  Services Commission shall adopt rules required by Section 531.0193,
  Government Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.