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AN ACT
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relating to the development of a quality-based outcome measure for |
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the child health plan program and Medicaid regarding certain |
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persons with HIV. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 536.003, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (f), (g), and (h) to read as follows: |
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(f) The commission, in coordination with the Department of |
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State Health Services, shall develop and implement a quality-based |
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outcome measure for the child health plan program and Medicaid to |
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annually measure the percentage of child health plan program |
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enrollees or Medicaid recipients with HIV infection, regardless of |
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age, whose most recent viral load test indicates a viral load of |
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less than 200 copies per milliliter of blood. |
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(g) The commission shall include aggregate, nonidentifying |
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data collected using the quality-based outcome measure described by |
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Subsection (f) in the annual report required by Section 536.008 and |
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may include the data in any other report required by this chapter. |
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The commission shall determine the appropriateness of including the |
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quality-based outcome measure described by Subsection (f) in the |
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quality-based payments and payment systems developed under |
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Sections 536.004 and 536.051. |
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(h) In this section, "HIV" has the meaning assigned by |
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Section 81.101, Health and Safety Code. |
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SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the Health and Human Services Commission and the |
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Department of State Health Services shall develop and implement the |
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quality-based outcome measure required by Section 536.003(f), |
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Government Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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waiver or authorization is granted. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1629 was passed by the House on May 4, |
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2017, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 9, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 1629 on May 26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 4, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1629 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |