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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study on Medicaid managed care. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) The Health and Human Services Commission |
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shall conduct a study on the accuracy of the Legislative Budget |
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Board's estimate that the changes in law made by Chapter 7 (S.B. 7), |
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Acts of the 82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, would |
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produce a savings of $467,628,328 for the state during the fiscal |
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biennium ending August 31, 2013. In conducting the study, the |
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Health and Human Services Commission shall focus on the savings |
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achieved by the changes in law relating to the expansion of Medicaid |
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managed care, particularly with regard to the increase in the |
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number of persons served by and the scope of services provided |
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through Medicaid managed care organizations. The study must |
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include, for the period beginning March 1, 2012, and ending |
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December 31, 2016, for each Medicaid managed care organization |
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under a contract with the commission: |
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(1) a list of payments made by the Medicaid managed |
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care organization to providers that were more than 30 days late and |
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for each payment, the reason for the delay; and |
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(2) a list of voluntary provider reimbursement rate |
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reductions made by the Medicaid managed care organization and for |
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each reduction, the reason for the reduction. |
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(b) Not later than December 31, 2018, the Health and Human |
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Services Commission shall submit a report containing the results of |
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the study conducted under Subsection (a) of this section to the |
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governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of |
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representatives. |
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SECTION 2. This Act expires December 31, 2019. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |