The following bills (which may affect long term care providers) were recently introduced in the 82nd Legislative Session:
HB 13: Relating to the Medicaid program and alternate methods of providing health services to low-income persons in this state.
HB 2453: Relating to the release of complaint information by the Texas Medical Board to the legislature.
HB 2474: Relating to eligibility for and administration of the child health plan program.
HB 2478: Relating to the provision of nonemergency medical services to Medicaid recipients and reimbursement for those services.
HB 2609: Relating to employment at or by certain facilities serving the elderly or persons with disabilities.
HB 2873: Relating to the creation of a state court to hear cases involving insurance and Medicaid fraud.
HB 2903: Relating to the program of all-inclusive care for the elderly.
HB 3087: Relating to payment for services provided by certain physicians and health care providers to individuals covered by managed care plans.
HB 3108: Relating to reimbursement for certain emergency services provided to persons enrolled in the Medicaid managed care program.
HB 3136: Relating to greater flexibility over the administration and operation of the Medicaid program.
HB 3144: Relating to the advisory committee on Medicaid and child health plan program rate and expenditure disparities between the Texas-Mexico border region and other areas of the state.
HB 3171: Relating to improved efficiency in the delivery of Medicaid services to certain recipients, including recipients with chronic diseases, through the use of telemedicine, telehealth, and home telemonitoring services and certain disease management initiative.
HB 3191: Relating to the inclusion of optometrists, therapeutic optometrists, and ophthalmologists in Medicaid managed care provider networks providing services in the Texas-Mexico border region and other regions of the state.
HB 3197: Relating to creating a pilot program to implement the culture change model of care at certain state supported living centers.
HB 3249: Relating to a physician’s authority to delegate prescribing acts to physician assistants.
HB 3299: Relating to services provided by a health care professional at an assisted living facility.
HB 3375: Relating to certain evidence in a prosecution of fraud or theft involving Medicaid or Medicare benefits.
HB 3601: Relating to the issuance of cease and desist orders by the Texas Medical Board.
HB 3629: Relating to abolishing the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services and transferring its powers and duties to the Department of Aging and Disability Services and the Department of State Health Services.
HB 3678: Relating to implementation of certain cost-saving measures for the Medicaid vendor drug program and child health plan program prescription drug benefits.
HB 3744: Relating to the reimbursement methodology used for certain services provided to Medicaid recipients.
SB 1424: Relating to the issuance of cease and desist orders by the Texas Medical Board.
SB 1452: Relating to unannounced on-site surveys of Home and Community-based Services provider homes.
SB 1552: Relating to reimbursement for certain emergency services provided to persons enrolled in the Medicaid managed care program.
SB 1680: Relating to certain evidence in a prosecution of fraud or theft involving Medicaid or Medicare benefits.
SB 1750: Relating to a physician’s authority to delegate prescribing acts to physician assistants.
Be sure to check previous posts with legislative bills updates.