Bill Text: TX HB2036 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the reimbursement rate for meals provided under the home-delivered meals program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-08 - Referred to Human Services [HB2036 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2036-Introduced.html
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| By: Meza | H.B. No. 2036 | |
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| relating to the reimbursement rate for meals provided under the | ||
| home-delivered meals program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 531.02483 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 531.02483. HOME-DELIVERED MEALS PROGRAM REIMBURSEMENT | ||
| RATE; ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT. (a) In this section, "home-delivered | ||
| meals program" means the program administered by the commission | ||
| under which a contracted provider agency delivers meals to certain | ||
| eligible individuals, including: | ||
| (1) recipients receiving services under the STAR+PLUS | ||
| home and community-based services (HCBS) waiver program; | ||
| (2) individuals receiving community services and | ||
| supports under Title XX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. | ||
| Section 1397 et seq.); and | ||
| (3) individuals receiving services from area agencies | ||
| on aging under Title III of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. | ||
| Section 501 et seq.). | ||
| (b) Subject to Subsection (c), the executive commissioner | ||
| by rule shall increase the reimbursement rate ceiling prescribed | ||
| for a meal provided under the home-delivered meals program to $10 | ||
| per meal. | ||
| (c) Not later than October 1 of each year, the reimbursement | ||
| rate ceiling for a meal provided under the home-delivered meals | ||
| program must be adjusted to reflect the change in the Consumer Price | ||
| Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) published by the Bureau of | ||
| Labor Statistics or its successor index during the preceding fiscal | ||
| year. | ||
| 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. | ||
