Tex. Human Resources Code § 161.080
This is the official text of Tex. Human Resources Code § 161.080, part of Texas’s Human Resources Code — governs state social services and welfare programs.
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§ 161.080. CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
Official statutory text
(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, 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.
(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, 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.
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