bill letting local health departments bill CHIP

The text as introduced · 346 words

By: Rose
H.B. No. 5153

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to amending Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code, by adding

certain local health entities as provider types for reimbursement

under the Children's Health Insurance Program.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 62.002, Health and Safety Code, is

amended by adding Subdivision (5) to read as follows:

(5) "Local public health entity" means an entity

established by Chapter 121 (Local Public Health Reorganization

Act), including health authorities established under Section

121.021, local health departments established under Section

121.031, and public health districts established under Section

121.041.

SECTION 2. Section 62.156, Health and Safety Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(a) Health care providers who provide health care services

under the child health plan must satisfy certification and

licensure requirements, as required by commission rules and

consistent with other law.

(b) The executive commissioner shall establish a separate

provider type for a local public health entity for purposes of

enrollment as a provider for and reimbursement under the child

health plan program.

SECTION 3. 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 4. The Health and Human Services Commission is

required to implement a provision of this Act only if the

legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If

the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that

purpose, the commission may, but is not required to, implement a

provision of this Act using other appropriations available for that

purpose.

SECTION 5. This act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.