Bill Text: TX HB4191 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the reimbursement of wound care education and training services providers under Medicaid.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-16 - Left pending in committee [HB4191 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4191-Introduced.html
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By: Klick | H.B. No. 4191 |
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relating to the reimbursement of wound care education and training | ||
services providers under Medicaid. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 32.02491 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 32.02491. REIMBURSEMENT OF CERTAIN PROVIDERS OF WOUND | ||
CARE EDUCATION AND TRAINING SERVICES. (a) The commission shall | ||
provide medical assistance reimbursement to an authorized wound | ||
care education and training services provider who provides to a | ||
recipient necessary wound care education and training. | ||
(b) The commission shall approve a person as an authorized | ||
wound care education and training services provider if the person: | ||
(1) is enrolled as a provider under the medical | ||
assistance program; and | ||
(2) meets quality standards for wound care education | ||
and training approved by the commission. | ||
(c) An authorized wound care education and training | ||
services provider shall determine a recipient's need for wound care | ||
education and training services. The provider must certify that | ||
the education and training is necessary for the recipient to | ||
provide self-care in order to assist in wound care management and to | ||
improve the recipient's health care outcomes. | ||
(d) The executive commissioner, after consulting with | ||
organizations that assist individuals with wound care, including | ||
recipients of medical assistance, shall: | ||
(1) adopt reimbursement rates for an authorized wound | ||
care education and training services provider for the provision of | ||
wound care education and training services; and | ||
(2) establish outcome measures for evaluating the | ||
health care outcomes of recipients who receive wound care education | ||
and training services from an authorized wound care education and | ||
training services provider. | ||
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, 2019. |