85R12445 KFF-F
 
  By: Klick H.B. No. 3295
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the delivery of certain Medicaid services to persons
  with an intellectual or developmental disability.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 534.106(b), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  A pilot program established under this subchapter must
  [may] operate for at least [up to] 24 months. A pilot program may
  cease operation if the pilot program service provider terminates
  the contract with the commission before the agreed-to termination
  date.
         SECTION 2.  Section 534.111, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 534.111.  CONCLUSION OF PILOT PROGRAMS;
  EXPIRATION.  On September 1, 2019 [2018]:
               (1)  each pilot program established under this
  subchapter that is still in operation must conclude; and
               (2)  this subchapter expires.
         SECTION 3.  Section 534.201(b), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  On September 1, 2020 [2018], the commission shall
  transition the provision of Medicaid benefits to individuals to
  whom this section applies to the STAR + PLUS Medicaid managed care
  program delivery model or the most appropriate integrated capitated
  managed care program delivery model, as determined by the
  commission based on cost-effectiveness and the experience of the
  STAR + PLUS Medicaid managed care program in providing basic
  attendant and habilitation services and of the pilot programs
  established under Subchapter C, subject to Subsection (c)(1).
         SECTION 4.  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 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.