Tex.
Human Resources Code Section 161.080
Contracts for Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
(a)
A person that provides services to individuals with developmental disabilities may contract with a state supported living center for the center to provide services and resources to support those individuals.(b)
Notwithstanding any other law, a state supported living center may provide nonresidential services to support an individual if the provision of services to the individual does not interfere with the provision of services to a resident of the state supported living center.(c)
The executive commissioner by rule shall establish:(1)
a list of services a state supported living center may provide under a contract described by Subsection (a); and(2)
procedures for the commission to create, maintain, and amend as needed a schedule of fees that a state supported living center may charge for a service included in the list described by Subdivision (1).(d)
In creating a schedule of fees, the commission shall:(1)
use the reimbursement rate for the applicable service under the Medicaid program; or(2)
modify that rate with a written justification for the modification and after holding a public hearing on the issue of the modification.(e)
Notwithstanding Subsection (c), a state supported living center, based on negotiations between the center and a managed care organization, as defined by Section 540.0001 (Definitions), Government Code, may charge a fee for a service other than the fee provided by the schedule of fees created by the commission under this section.(e)
Notwithstanding Subsection (c), a state supported living center, based on negotiations between the center and a managed care organization, as defined by Section 533.001 (Definitions), Government Code, may charge a fee for a service other than the fee provided by the schedule of fees created by the commission under this section.
Source:
Section 161.080 — Contracts for Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.161.htm#161.080 (accessed Apr. 20, 2024).
