Bill Text: TX SB1564 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to access to certain medication-assisted treatment.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective immediately [SB1564 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1564-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to access to certain medication-assisted treatment.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective immediately [SB1564 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1564-Comm_Sub.html
By: West | S.B. No. 1564 | |
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relating to access to medication-assisted treatment for opioid use | ||
disorder under Medicaid. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "qualifying practitioner" | ||
has the meaning assigned by 21 U.S.C. Section 823(g)(2)(G)(iii). | ||
(b) Not later than November 1, 2019, the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission shall amend the commission's Medicaid | ||
Substance Use Disorder Services Medical Policy and any other | ||
provider or claims payment policy or manual necessary to authorize | ||
Medicaid medical benefits reimbursement for the prescribing of | ||
buprenorphine for the treatment of an opioid use disorder by an | ||
advanced practice registered nurse recognized by the Texas Board of | ||
Nursing as a clinical nurse specialist, nurse anesthetist, or nurse | ||
midwife, provided that the advanced practice registered nurse: | ||
(1) is a qualifying practitioner; and | ||
(2) has obtained a waiver from registration | ||
requirements as provided by 21 U.S.C. Section 823(g). | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |