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Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 161.080

CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 904 (H.B. 748), Sec. 1, eff

(a) A person that provides services to individuals with developmental disabilities may contract with a state supported living center for the center to provide services and resources to support those individuals.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a state supported living center may provide nonresidential services to support an individual if the provision of services to the individual does not interfere with the provision of services to a resident of the state supported living center.

(c) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish:

(1) a list of services a state supported living center may provide under a contract described by Subsection (a); and

(2) procedures for the commission to create, maintain, and amend as needed a schedule of fees that a state supported living center may charge for a service included in the list described by Subdivision (1).

(d) In creating a schedule of fees, the commission shall:

(1) use the reimbursement rate for the applicable service under the Medicaid program; or

(2) modify that rate with a written justification for the modification and after holding a public hearing on the issue of the modification.

(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), a state supported living center, based on negotiations between the center and a managed care organization, as defined by Section 540.0001, Government Code, may charge a fee for a service other than the fee provided by the schedule of fees created by the commission under this section.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.