Bill Text: TX SB170 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to reimbursement of rural hospitals under Medicaid.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-04 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB170 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB170-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to reimbursement of rural hospitals under Medicaid.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-04 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB170 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB170-Introduced.html
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By: Perry | S.B. No. 170 |
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relating to reimbursement of rural hospitals participating in the | ||
Medicaid managed care program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 533, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 533.0041 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 533.0041. REIMBURSEMENT METHODOLOGY FOR RURAL | ||
HOSPITALS. To the extent allowed by federal law and | ||
notwithstanding any state law, the executive commissioner shall by | ||
rule adopt a reimbursement methodology for the payment of rural | ||
hospitals participating in the Medicaid managed care program that | ||
ensures the rural hospitals are reimbursed on an individual basis | ||
that allows the rural hospitals to fully recover allowable costs | ||
incurred in providing services to recipients. In adopting rules | ||
under this section, the executive commissioner: | ||
(1) may adopt a methodology that requires: | ||
(A) the commission to directly reimburse rural | ||
hospitals for allowable costs; or | ||
(B) a managed care organization to reimburse | ||
rural hospitals; and | ||
(2) shall define "allowable costs" and "rural | ||
hospital" for purposes of this section. | ||
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. |