Bill Text: TX HB1629 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the development of a quality-based outcome measure for the child health plan program and Medicaid regarding certain persons with HIV.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective immediately [HB1629 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1629-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1629 | ||
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| relating to the development of a quality-based outcome measure for | ||
| the child health plan program and Medicaid regarding certain | ||
| persons with HIV. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 536.003, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsections (f), (g), and (h) to read as follows: | ||
| (f) The commission, in coordination with the Department of | ||
| State Health Services, shall develop and implement a quality-based | ||
| outcome measure for the child health plan program and Medicaid to | ||
| annually measure the percentage of child health plan program | ||
| enrollees or Medicaid recipients with HIV infection, regardless of | ||
| age, whose most recent viral load test indicates a viral load of | ||
| less than 200 copies per milliliter of blood. | ||
| (g) The commission shall include aggregate, nonidentifying | ||
| data collected using the quality-based outcome measure described by | ||
| Subsection (f) in the annual report required by Section 536.008 and | ||
| may include the data in any other report required by this chapter. | ||
| The commission shall determine the appropriateness of including the | ||
| quality-based outcome measure described by Subsection (f) in the | ||
| quality-based payments and payment systems developed under | ||
| Sections 536.004 and 536.051. | ||
| (h) In this section, "HIV" has the meaning assigned by | ||
| Section 81.101, Health and Safety Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the Health and Human Services Commission and the | ||
| Department of State Health Services shall develop and implement the | ||
| quality-based outcome measure required by Section 536.003(f), | ||
| Government Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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 4. 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, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1629 was passed by the House on May 4, | ||
| 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 9, 2 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 1629 on May 26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 4, | ||
| 2 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1629 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays | ||
| 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
