Texas Human Resources Code

§ 32.0275 — MILITARY MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES AND AFFILIATED HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; REIMBURSEMENT

HR § 32.0275Title 2. HUMAN SERVICES AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES IN GENERAL · Part C. ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS · Ch. 32. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM · Art. B. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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(a)In this section, "military medical treatment facility" means a military medical treatment facility described by 10 U.S.C. Section 1073d(b), (c), or (d).

(b)This section applies only to a military medical treatment facility located in this state that has been verified as a Level 1 trauma center by the American College of Surgeons or an equivalent organization.

(c)A military medical treatment facility or a health care provider providing services at a military medical treatment facility is considered a provider under Medicaid for purposes of providing and receiving reimbursement for:

(1)inpatient emergency services; and

(2)related outpatient services to the extent those services are not available from an enrolled Medicaid provider at the time the services are needed.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 696 (H.B. 2365), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.