Bill Text: TX SB2138 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the administration and operation of Medicaid.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective immediately [SB2138 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2138-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the administration and operation of Medicaid.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective immediately [SB2138 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2138-Engrossed.html
By: Hinojosa, Lucio | S.B. No. 2138 |
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relating to the authority of the Health and Human Services | ||
Commission to retain certain money received by the commission to | ||
administer certain Medicaid programs. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 531.021135 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 531.021135. COMMISSION'S AUTHORITY TO RETAIN CERTAIN | ||
MONEY TO ADMINISTER CERTAIN MEDICAID PROGRAMS. (a) In this | ||
section, "directed payment program" means a delivery system and | ||
provider patient initiative implemented by this state under 42 | ||
C.F.R. Section 438.6(c). | ||
(b) This section applies only to money the commission | ||
receives from a source other than the general revenue fund to | ||
operate a waiver program established under Section 1115 of the | ||
federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1315) or a directed | ||
payment program or successor program as determined by the | ||
commission. | ||
(c) The commission may retain from money to which this | ||
section applies an amount equal to the estimated costs necessary to | ||
administer the program for which the money is received, but not to | ||
exceed one percent of the total amount estimated to be received for | ||
the program. The commission shall spend money retained under this | ||
section as provided by the General Appropriations Act and other | ||
applicable law. | ||
(d) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary | ||
to implement 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 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. |