Texas Insurance Code

§ 845.155 — USE OF SYSTEM AS PILOT PROGRAM, DEMONSTRATION PROJECT, OR STUDY

IN § 845.155Title 6. ORGANIZATION OF INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES · Part C. LIFE, HEALTH, AND ACCIDENT INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES · Ch. 845. STATEWIDE RURAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM · Art. D. STATE MANAGED CARE CONTRACTS

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The commissioner of health and human services may use the system for:

(1)a voluntary pilot or demonstration program that:

(A)evaluates the use of an insured model for beneficiaries of a medical assistance program in a rural area not currently included in an existing Medicaid managed care pilot program area; and

(B)incorporates the principles of prevention and disease management; and

(2)a study of the use of promotoras as defined by Section 48.001, Health and Safety Code.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 10A.217(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.