Bill Caption

Relating to the renewal of the Texas Health Care Transformation and Quality Improvement Program waiver under Medicaid.

Fiscal Notes

From the LBB: The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined at this time due to insufficient data regarding whether certain provisions of the bill would result in a cost or savings to the state and how the non-federal share of certain provisions would be funded.

Bill Analysis

This bill would require a renewal of the Texas Health Care Transformation 1115 waiver to allocate funding to hospitals and safety net providers to ensure hospitals stay financially viable, provide incentives for encouraging Medicaid recipients to utilize their health care coverage and engage in healthy behaviors and expanding local and regional healthcare systems, provide a continuum of specific health care services for Medicaid recipients, allow for variation in the manner services are delivered including MCOs, accountable care organizations, and HSAs, and ensure that any additional federal matching funds are accepted and used to provide local and regional health care services to otherwise uninsured persons. 

Vote Recommendation Notes

Outlining requirements for renewal of the Texas Health Care Transformation and Quality Improvement Program Waiver falls within the legitimate scope of the legislature, however there is no apparent connection between these requirements and our liberty principles. We remain neutral.