85R8166 EES-D     By: Martinez H.B. No. 2342       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   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.