Sec. 531.02173. ALIGNMENT OF MEDICAID TELEMEDICINE REIMBURSEMENT POLICIES WITH MEDICARE REIMBURSEMENT POLICIES. (a) The commission shall periodically review policies regarding reimbursement under Medicaid for telemedicine medical services to identify variations between permissible reimbursement under that program and reimbursement available to providers under the Medicare program.
(b) To the extent practicable, and notwithstanding any other state law, after a review conducted under Subsection (a) the executive commissioner may modify rules and procedures applicable to reimbursement under Medicaid for telemedicine medical services as necessary to provide for a reimbursement system that is comparable to the reimbursement system for those services under the Medicare program.
(c) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (S.B. 200), Sec. 3.40(a)(3), eff. January 1, 2016.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1205 (S.B. 293), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 2.036, eff. April 2, 2015.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (S.B. 200), Sec. 3.40(a)(3), eff. January 1, 2016.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 946 (S.B. 277), Sec. 2.37(b)(3), eff. January 1, 2016.
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