Bill Text: TX HB2752 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas House Bill 2752 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to the participation of speech-language pathologists as providers under the Medicaid program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-27 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2752 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB2752-Comm_Sub.html

	85R23891 KFF-F

	By: Raymond	H.B. No. 2752

	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2752:

	By: Miller	C.S.H.B. No. 2752



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the participation of speech-language pathologists as
	providers under the Medicaid program.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 32.027, Human Resources Code, is amended
	by adding Subsection (n) to read as follows:
	(n) The commission shall assure that a recipient of medical
	assistance under this chapter may select a licensed speech-language
	pathologist, as defined by Section 401.001, Occupations Code, to
	perform any health care service covered under the medical
	assistance program if the pathologist is authorized by law to
	perform the service.
	SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code,
	is amended by adding Section 32.081 to read as follows:
	Sec. 32.081. PRIVATE PRACTICE SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS
	AS MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDERS. (a) The commission shall ensure
	that licensed speech-language pathologists, as defined by Section
	401.001, Occupations Code, in private practice may:
	(1) enroll under the medical assistance program as
	independent practice providers or as a group practice provider
	composed of multiple speech-language pathologists, provided that
	each speech-language pathologist in the group practice is
	individually enrolled as a medical assistance provider; and
	(2) once enrolled as a medical assistance provider,
	serve all medical assistance recipients without being limited to
	participation in the Texas Health Steps Comprehensive Care Program.
	(b) This section does not authorize a provider to provide
	speech-language pathology services to recipients as home health
	services without an appropriate license under Section 142.002,
	Health and Safety Code.
	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 September 1, 2017.