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      88(R) SB 74 - Introduced version - Bill Text
      
            88R3558 KKR-D
         
		By:  Johnson
            S.B.  No.  74
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the use of community health workers in Medicaid managed 
         
            care.
         
                          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                          SECTION  1.    Subchapter A, Chapter 533, Government Code, is 
         
            amended by adding Section 533.021 to read as follows:
         
                          Sec.  533.021.    COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS.  (a)   In this 
         
            section, "community health worker" has the meaning assigned by 
         
            Section 48.001, Health and Safety Code.
         
                          (b)    The commission shall allow each Medicaid managed care 
         
            organization providing health care services under the STAR Medicaid 
         
            managed care program to categorize services provided by a community 
         
            health worker as a quality improvement cost, as authorized by 
         
            federal law, instead of as an administrative expense.
         
                          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, 2023.
         
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the use of community health workers in Medicaid managed
	care.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 533, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 533.021 to read as follows:
	Sec. 533.021. COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS. (a) In this
	section, "community health worker" has the meaning assigned by
	Section 48.001, Health and Safety Code.
	(b) The commission shall allow each Medicaid managed care
	organization providing health care services under the STAR Medicaid
	managed care program to categorize services provided by a community
	health worker as a quality improvement cost, as authorized by
	federal law, instead of as an administrative expense.
	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, 2023.