TITLE: Relating to a study on Medicaid managed care.

SUMMARY: Relating to a study on Medicaid managed care.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to a study on Medicaid managed care. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. (a) The Health and Human Services Commission shall conduct a study on the accuracy of the Legislative Budget Board's estimate that the changes in law made by Chapter 7 (S.B. 7), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, would produce a savings of $467,628,328 for the state during the fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2013. In conducting the study, the Health and Human Services Commission shall focus on the savings achieved by the changes in law relating to the expansion of Medicaid managed care, particularly with regard to the increase in the number of persons served by and the scope of services provided through Medicaid managed care organizations. The study must include, for the period beginning March 1, 2012, and ending December 31, 2016, for each Medicaid managed care organization under a contract with the commission: (1) a list of payments made by the Medicaid managed care organization to providers that were more than 30 days late and for each payment, the reason for the delay; and (2) a list of voluntary provider reimbursement rate reductions made by the Medicaid managed care organization and for each reduction, the reason for the reduction. (b) Not later than December 31, 2018, the Health and Human Services Commission shall submit a report containing the results of the study conducted under Subsection (a) of this section to the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives. SECTION 2. This Act expires December 31, 2019. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.