bill to let local health departments get paid through CHIP

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90R2016 AND-D

By: Rose
H.B. No. 1013

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the provision and reimbursement of health care services

by local public health entities under the child health plan

program.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 62, Health and Safety

Code, is amended by adding Section 62.1552 to read as follows:

Sec. 62.1552. LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH ENTITIES. (a) In this

section, "local public health entity" means:

(1) a local health unit described by Section 121.004;

(2) a local health department established under

Subchapter D, Chapter 121; and

(3) a public health district established under

Subchapter E, Chapter 121.

(b) The executive commissioner shall establish a separate

provider type for a local public health entity for purposes of

enrollment and reimbursement as a provider under the child health

plan program.

SECTION 2. 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 3. The Health and Human Services Commission is

required to implement Section 62.1552, Health and Safety Code, as

added by 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 Section 62.1552 using other

appropriations that are available for that purpose.

SECTION 4. 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, 2027.