88R5688 KKR-D
	By: Meza	H.B. No. 2036

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	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.