88R5909 SCP-D
 
  By: Blanco S.B. No. 2279
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for multisystemic
  therapy services.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (oo-1) to read as follows:
         (oo-1)  The commission shall ensure that medical assistance
  reimbursement is provided to a health care provider who provides
  services classified as multisystemic therapy by the Healthcare
  Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code to a recipient under
  the medical assistance program. The executive commissioner shall
  establish a separate provider type for multisystemic therapy
  providers for purposes of enrollment as a provider for and
  reimbursement under the medical assistance program.
         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, 2023.