Maternal and child health: US$447.2m in All Funds for women's health programs – Family Planning Program, Healthy Texas Women and the Breast and Cervical Cancer Services Program – which is US$160.1m over current spending.Includes a noteworthy US$26m increase for the state's Loan Repayment Program for Mental Health Professionals (psychiatrists, psychologists and advance practice nurses certified in mental health training) that budget writers had funded at just US$2m for the previous biennium. Behavioral health : US$9.4bn in All Funds for mental health services including US$302m for mental health community hospitals (maintaining and increasing bed capacity), US$9.4m for mental health state hospital operations and US$83m for community mental health grant programs.Healthcare funding addressed by HB 1 includes behavioral health, maternal and child health, Medicaid, rural health and workforce issues. As a consequence, general revenue funding for health and human services has increased nearly ten percent over the prior biennium. Texas recently came out ahead in the district court litigation, and CMS is expected to appeal the determination to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.Įnacted bills are effective Septemunless otherwise stated.Ĭhief among the major funding items are new and expanded allocations for addressing a number of the state's most pressing healthcare needs. Overlying the state budget issues is the Texas litigation challenging CMS' application of its Information Bulletin and Medicaid Managed Care proposed rules that seek to eliminate Texas' method of financing Medicaid. These include changes to laws governing advanced directives, updates to Medicaid managed care and network adequacy requirements and maternal and child health programs. While healthcare social and political issues were the headline-grabbing topics, several notable changes were made to laws that have health regulatory, licensing and operational impact. This 2023 healthcare legislative update, produced by Norton Rose Fulbright, highlights a range of enacted legislation affecting the healthcare industry.
Lawmakers filed a record 8,046 bills during the 140-day regular session of the 88th Texas Legislature that adjourned on May 29, 2023.
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