Bill Text: TX HB4529 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to allowing for public comment before implementing a rate change under Medicaid.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-26 - Referred to Human Services [HB4529 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4529-Introduced.html
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| By: Lucio III | H.B. No. 4529 | |
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| relating to allowing for public comment before implementing a rate | ||
| change under Medicaid. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 531.02116 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 531.02116. PROCEDURE FOR IMPLEMENTING CHANGES TO | ||
| PAYMENT RATES UNDER MEDICAID. Before implementing or approving a | ||
| change to the fees, charges, and rates for payments under Medicaid, | ||
| including under the Medicaid managed care program, the commission | ||
| shall publish notice of the proposed change for public comment for a | ||
| period of not less than 30 days. | ||
| SECTION 2. The procedure for implementing changes to | ||
| payment rates required by Section 531.02116, Government Code, as | ||
| added by this Act, applies only to a change to a fee, charge, or rate | ||
| that takes effect on or after January 1, 2020. | ||
| 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, 2019. | ||
