Tex. Gov't Code § 526.0054 · Subchapter B. PROGRAMS AND SERVICES PROVIDED OR ADMINISTERED BY COMMISSION
PRIOR AUTHORIZATION FOR HIGH-COST MEDICAL SERVICES AND PROCEDURES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission may:
(1) evaluate and implement, as appropriate, procedures, policies, and methodologies to require prior authorization for high-cost medical services and procedures; and
(2) contract with qualified service providers or organizations to perform those functions.
(b) A procedure, policy, or methodology implemented under this section must comply with any prohibitions in state or federal law on limits in the amount, duration, or scope of medically necessary services for Medicaid recipients who are children.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.526.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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