TITLE: Relating to the delivery of Medicaid services through a managed care model in certain counties and to certain recipient populations.

SUMMARY: Relating to the delivery of Medicaid services through a managed care model in certain counties and to certain recipient populations.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the delivery of Medicaid services through a managed care model in certain counties and to certain recipient populations. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 533.0025, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: (f) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission may provide medical assistance through a capitated Medicaid managed care model to a recipient who is: (1) younger than 19 years of age; and (2) blind or disabled. SECTION 2. Section 533.0025(e), Government Code, is repealed. 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. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.