Bill > HB4611

This bill proposes a nonsubstantive revision of the health and human services laws governing the Health and Human Services Commission, Medicaid, and other social services. The key provisions of the bill include: 1. Defining terms and establishing references in law to the Health and Human Services Commission or its divisions. 2. Establishing general provisions applicable to all health and human services agencies and certain other state entities, including fiscal provisions, contract requirements, data sharing, coordination of multiagency services, and public access to meetings. 3. Creating the Health and Human Services Commission, including provisions related to the executive commissioner, personnel, the executive council, the commission's organization, advisory committees, public input and complaints, and the Office of Health Coordination and Consumer Services. 4. Granting the Health and Human Services Commission broad authority over the health and human services system, including administration and oversight, rules and policies, administrative support services, and legislative oversight. 5. Outlining the general powers and duties of the Health and Human Services Commission and the executive commissioner, including provisions related to Medicaid administration and operation, quality-based outcomes and payments, fraud and abuse, and long-term care and support options. 6. Establishing new chapters related to Medicaid managed care, clinical initiatives to improve Medicaid quality and cost-effectiveness, and quality-based outcomes and payments under Medicaid and the child health plan program. The bill aims to streamline and coordinate the administration and delivery of health and human services in Texas.

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