Bill Text: TX SB1191 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain requirements regarding Medicaid fair hearings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-07 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB1191 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1191-Introduced.html
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By: West | S.B. No. 1191 |
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relating to certain requirements regarding Medicaid fair hearings. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 531, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 531.0194 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 531.0194. MEDICAID FAIR HEARING REQUIREMENTS. (a) | ||
The executive commissioner by rule shall require a hearing officer | ||
who conducts a Medicaid fair hearing to be: | ||
(1) an advanced practice registered nurse, as defined | ||
by Section 301.152, Occupations Code; or | ||
(2) a health care provider with a higher level of | ||
education and training than an advanced practice registered nurse, | ||
as determined by the executive commissioner. | ||
(b) For each Medicaid fair hearing, the commission shall | ||
collect data regarding the hearing, including the identity and | ||
decision of the hearing officer. The commission shall publish the | ||
data collected under this subsection in a searchable format on the | ||
commission's Internet website, except that the commission may not | ||
publish information that identifies a Medicaid recipient involved | ||
in a Medicaid fair hearing or any information that is confidential | ||
under state or federal law. | ||
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. |