HB475 - Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for multisystemic therapy services.

  89R1445 SCF-D     By: Johnson, Phelan, Thompson, Rose, H.B. No. 475       Jones of Harris       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for multisystemic   therapy services.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended   by adding Subsection (oo-1) to read as follows:           (oo-1)     The commission shall provide medical assistance   reimbursement to a health care provider who delivers services   classified as multisystemic therapy by the Healthcare Common   Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code to a recipient under the   medical assistance program. The executive commissioner shall   establish a separate provider type for multisystemic therapy   providers for purposes of enrollment as a provider for and   reimbursement under the medical assistance 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.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.