DELIVERY OF NONEMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION SERVICES THROUGH MEDICAID MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION.

(a) The commission shall require each Medicaid managed care organization to arrange and provide nonemergency transportation services to a recipient enrolled in a Medicaid managed care plan offered by the organization using the most cost-effective and cost-efficient method of delivery, including by delivering nonmedical transportation services through a transportation network company or other transportation vendor as provided by Section 540A.0151, if available and medically appropriate. The commission shall supervise the provision of the services.

(b) The commission may temporarily waive the applicability of Subsection (a) to a Medicaid managed care organization as necessary based on the results of a review conducted under Sections 540.0207 and 540.0209 and until enrollment of recipients in a Medicaid managed care plan offered by the organization is permitted under that section.