(a) The commission shall streamline Medicaid provider enrollment and credentialing processes.
(b) In streamlining the Medicaid provider enrollment process, the commission shall establish a centralized Internet portal through which providers may enroll in Medicaid.
(c) In streamlining the Medicaid provider credentialing process, the commission may:
(1) designate a centralized credentialing entity;
(2) share information in the database established under Subchapter C, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, with the centralized credentialing entity; and
(3) require all Medicaid managed care organizations to use the centralized credentialing entity as a hub for collecting and sharing information.
(d) The commission may:
(1) use the Internet portal created under Subsection (b) to create a single, consolidated Medicaid provider enrollment and credentialing process; and
(2) if cost-effective, contract with a third party to develop the single, consolidated process.