Texas HB4282 amends Medicaid residential services to allow facilities to refuse residents based on capacity and behavior risks.

Texas HB4282 amends the Medicaid home and community-based services (HCS) waiver program to allow Medicaid residential facilities to refuse residents if the facility has reached capacity, the resident has a history of severe emotional behavior or actions that could harm others, or the resident is physically aggressive and unresponsive to treatment. The commission cannot require facilities to modify their services to accommodate such residents. If federal waiver or authorization is needed for implementing the Act, the state agency must request it and may delay implementation until granted.

Texas HB4282 amends Medicaid residential services to allow facilities to refuse residents based on capacity and behavior risks.

Texas HB4282 amends the Medicaid home and community-based services (HCS) waiver program to allow Medicaid residential facilities to refuse residents if the facility has reached capacity, the resident has a history of severe emotional behavior or actions that could harm others, or the resident is physically aggressive and unresponsive to treatment. The commission cannot require facilities to modify their services to accommodate such residents. If federal waiver or authorization is needed for implementing the Act, the state agency must request it and may delay implementation until granted.