HBA-NRS S.B. 832 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 832
By: Moncrief
Public Health
4/30/2001
Committee Report (Amended)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Current law does not provide for a  single report that identifies all of
the state Medicaid expenditures to be submitted to the Legislature.  Senate
Bill 832 requires the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to
prepare a quarterly and a biennial Medicaid financial report covering each
state agency that administers any part of the state Medicaid program and
each of the Medicaid programs operated or administered by those agencies. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

Senate Bill 832 amends the Government Code to require the Health and Human
Services Commission (HHSC) to prepare a biennial Medicaid financial report
covering each state agency that administers any part of the state Medicaid
program and each of the Medicaid programs operated or administered by those
agencies. The biennial report must describe each of the Medicaid programs
administered or operated by each agency and account for all of the funds
received and disbursed by the agency during the period covered by the
biennial report. The report must also include, for each Medicaid program
identified in the report, the amount and source of funds or other revenue
received or made available to the agency, the amount spent on each type of
service or benefit, and the amount spent on program operations and other
administrative costs.  No later than December 1st of each even-numbered
year, HHSC is required to submit the report to the governor, the lieutenant
governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the comptroller, and
the presiding officer of each standing committee of the senate and house of
representatives having jurisdiction over health and human services issues.

The bill also requires HHSC to prepare a  quarterly report regarding the
Medicaid expenditures of each state agency that administers or operates a
Medicaid program.  The quarterly report must identify each agency's
expenditures by the Medicaid program and must include the amount spent on
each type of service or benefit and the amount spent on program operations
and administrative costs.  HHSC is required to submit the quarterly report
to the governor, the legislature, and the comptroller. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act
takes effect September 1, 2001. 

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENTS

Committee Amendment No. 1 adds the state auditor to the list of entities to
which the Health and Human Services Commission is required to submit the
biennial and quarterly financial reports.