H.B. No. 1629         AN ACT   relating to the development of a quality-based outcome measure for   the child health plan program and Medicaid regarding certain   persons with HIV.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 536.003, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subsections (f), (g), and (h) to read as follows:          (f)  The commission, in coordination with the Department of   State Health Services, shall develop and implement a quality-based   outcome measure for the child health plan program and Medicaid to   annually measure the percentage of child health plan program   enrollees or Medicaid recipients with HIV infection, regardless of   age, whose most recent viral load test indicates a viral load of   less than 200 copies per milliliter of blood.          (g)  The commission shall include aggregate, nonidentifying   data collected using the quality-based outcome measure described by   Subsection (f) in the annual report required by Section 536.008 and   may include the data in any other report required by this chapter.     The commission shall determine the appropriateness of including the   quality-based outcome measure described by Subsection (f) in the   quality-based payments and payment systems developed under   Sections 536.004 and 536.051.          (h)  In this section, "HIV" has the meaning assigned by   Section 81.101, Health and Safety Code.          SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date   of this Act, the Health and Human Services Commission and the   Department of State Health Services shall develop and implement the   quality-based outcome measure required by Section 536.003(f),   Government Code, as added by this Act.          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 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, 2017.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 1629 was passed by the House on May 4,   2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 137, Nays 9, 2 present, not   voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.   No. 1629 on May 26, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 4,   2 present, not voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House               I certify that H.B. No. 1629 was passed by the Senate, with   amendments, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays   1.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate      APPROVED: __________________                   Date                       __________________                 Governor