Tex. Occ. Code § 153.004 · Subchapter A. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD
RULES REGARDING TELEMEDICINE MEDICAL SERVICES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In consultation with the Health and Human Services Commission and the commissioner of insurance, the board may adopt rules as necessary to:
(1) ensure that appropriate care is provided to Medicaid and Medicare patients who receive telemedicine medical services; and
(2) prevent abuse and fraud in the use of telemedicine medical services for Medicaid and Medicare patients.
(b) The rules adopted under Subsection (a)(2) may include rules relating to filing of claims and records required to be maintained in relation to telemedicine medical services.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1255, Sec. 10, eff. June 15, 2001.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.153.htm
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