The following Medicaid-related bills may affect certain providers:
HB 165 – Relating to a career ladder for interveners who provide services under the deaf-blind with multiple disabilities waiver program.
HB 1138 – Relating to information required on pharmacy benefit cards.
HB 1240 – Relating to information required to be provided to parents of an infant.
HB 1574 – Relating to services for persons with autism and other pervasive developmental disorders and their families.
HB 2329 – Relating to employment at or by certain facilities serving the elderly or person with disabilities.
HB 2686 – Relating to a pilot project to increase enrollee access to primary care services and simplify enrollment procedures under the child health plan program.
HB 3859 – Relating to a staffing analysis to ensure the functionality of the Texas Integrated Eligibility Redesign System (TIERS) and benefits eligibility determination processes.
SB 63 – Relating to a career ladder for interveners who provide services under the deaf-blind with multiple disabilities waiver program.
SB 187 – Relating to a Medicaid buy-in program for certain children with disabilities.
SB 286 – Relating to a health passport for Medicaid recipients.
SB 643 – Relating to the protection and care of individuals with mental retardation; providing criminal penalties.
SB 1521 – Relating to the regulation of certain boarding houses and assisted living facilities; providing penalties.
SB 1645 – Relating to a study of the feasibility of establishing separate reimbursement under the Medicaid vendor drug program for certain pharmacy care management services.
SB 1706 – Relating to the establishment of a program to provide prescribers with evidence-based information about pharmaceuticals; assessing a fee; providing penalties.
SB 2151 – Relating to ambulatory surgical centers and to the provision of services at those centers by certain designated physician groups.
Please check bills in the following posts for status updates: