Bill Text: TX HB2722 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the state Medicaid program as the payor of last resort.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB2722 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2722-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2722 | ||
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| relating to the state Medicaid program as the payor of last resort. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 32.04242 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 32.04242. PAYOR OF LAST RESORT. The executive | ||
| commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall | ||
| adopt rules to ensure, to the extent allowed by federal law, that | ||
| the Medicaid program: | ||
| (1) is the payor of last resort; and | ||
| (2) provides reimbursement for services, including | ||
| long-term care services, only if, and to the extent, other adequate | ||
| public or private sources of payment are not available. | ||
| 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, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2722 was passed by the House on May | ||
| 13, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 121, Nays 10, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2722 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
