Sec. 531.454. RENEWAL OF FEDERAL AUTHORIZATION FOR MEDICAID REFORM. (a) When the commission seeks to renew the Texas Health Care Transformation and Quality Improvement Program waiver issued under Section 1115 of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1315), the commission shall, to the extent permitted under federal law:
(1) seek to reduce the number of approved project options that may be funded under the waiver using delivery system reform incentive payments to include only those projects that are:
(A) the most critical for improving the quality of health care, including behavioral health services; and
(B) consistent with the operational plan and health care quality improvement goals developed under Section 531.451; and
(2) allow a delivery system reform incentive payment project that, as a result of Subdivision (1), is no longer an option under the waiver, to continue operating as long as the project meets funding requirements and outcome objectives.
(b) In reducing the number of approved project options under Subsection (a), the commission shall take into consideration the diversity of local and regional health care needs in this state.
(c) This section expires September 1, 2017.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (S.B. 200), Sec. 2.17(a), eff. September 1, 2015.
Last modified: September 28, 2016