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Relating to the continuation of the maternal opioid misuse model of care for certain Medicaid recipients, the official text

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H.B. No. 5155

AN ACT

relating to the continuation of the maternal opioid misuse model of

care for certain Medicaid recipients.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 547, Government Code, is

amended by adding Section 547.0007 to read as follows:

Sec. 547.0007. MATERNAL OPIOID MISUSE MODEL OF CARE. (a)

In this section, "maternal opioid misuse model of care" means the

model of care implemented using federal money applied for and

received under former Section 531.0738 for the purpose of improving

the quality and accessibility of care for:

(1) pregnant women with opioid use disorder enrolled

in Medicaid during the prenatal and postpartum periods; and

(2) their children after birth.

(b) To the extent money is available to the commission for

that purpose, the commission shall continue implementing the

maternal opioid misuse model of care.

(c) Money in the opioid abatement account established under

Section 403.505 may be appropriated to the commission for the

purpose of carrying out this section.

(d) This section expires September 1, 2029.

SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act

a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a

federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,

the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or

authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the

waiver or authorization is granted.

SECTION 3. The Health and Human Services Commission is

required to implement Section 547.0007, Government Code, as added

by this Act, only if the legislature appropriates money

specifically for that purpose. If the legislature does not

appropriate money specifically for that purpose, the commission

may, but is not required to, implement that section using other

money available to the commission for that purpose.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________
______________________________

President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 5155 was passed by the House on May 8,

2025, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1, 2 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 5155 was passed by the Senate on May

25, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor
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