85R2967 JG-F     By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 52       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the reimbursement of providers for the provision of   certain home telemonitoring services under Medicaid.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 531.02164, Government Code, is amended   by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:          (c-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (c)(1), the program   required under this section must also provide that home   telemonitoring services are available to pediatric patients with   chronic or complex medical needs who:                (1)  are being concurrently treated by at least three   medical specialists;                (2)  are diagnosed with end-stage solid organ disease;                (3)  have received an organ transplant; or                (4)  are diagnosed with severe asthma.          SECTION 2.  The executive commissioner of the Health and   Human Services Commission shall adopt the rules necessary to   implement Section 531.02164(c-1), Government Code, as added by this   Act, not later than December 1, 2017.          SECTION 3.  If before implementing any provision of this Act   a state agency determines that a waiver, an amendment to an existing   waiver, or another authorization from a federal agency is necessary   for implementation of that provision, the agency affected by the   provision shall request the waiver, amendment to the existing   waiver, or other authorization and may delay implementing that   provision until the waiver, amendment, or authorization is granted.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.