HB 2994

relating to a report by the Health and Human Services Commission on
Medicaid eligibility determinations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  (a)  In this section, "commission" means the
Health and Human Services Commission.
(b)  The commission shall prepare a written report on the
time frames within which Medicaid eligibility determinations were
made based on Medicaid applications submitted to the commission
each state fiscal year beginning with the state fiscal year ending
August 31, 2018.  The report must include:
(1)  for each state fiscal year covered by the report:
(A)  the total number of Medicaid applications
(B)  the total number of Medicaid applications the
commission approved in accordance with the time frames described by
(C)  the total number of Medicaid applications the
commission denied in accordance with the time frames described by 1
T.A.C. Section 358.530(a) and the reason for each denial;
(D)  the total number of Medicaid applications the
commission approved in a time frame that exceeded the time frames
described by 1 T.A.C. Section 358.530(a);
(E)  the total number of Medicaid applications the
commission denied because the eligibility determination was not
made in accordance with the time frames described by 1 T.A.C.
(F)  the average number of days between the date a
Medicaid application was submitted to the commission and the date
the application was approved or denied; and
(G)  the median number of days between the date a
Medicaid application was submitted to the commission and the date
the application was approved or denied;
(2)  the total number of Medicaid applications
submitted to the commission that are pending on the date the report
required by this subsection is prepared and, for each of those
applications, the number of days that have elapsed between the date
the application was submitted and the date the report is prepared;
(3)  the highest number of days that elapsed between
the date a Medicaid application was submitted to the commission in
any state fiscal year and the date the application was approved or
(c)  Not later than December 1, 2026, the commission shall
prepare and submit to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of
the house of representatives, and legislature the written report
the commission prepares under Subsection (b) of this section.
SECTION 2.  This Act expires December 31, 2026.
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.