Texas § GV.540.0001 - DEFINITIONS
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§ GV.540.0001. DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) Notwithstanding Section 521.0001 (2), "commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission or an agency operating part of the Medicaid managed care program, as appropriate. (2) "Health care service region" or "region" means a Medicaid managed care service area the commission delineates. (3) "Managed care organization" means a person that is authorized or otherwise permitted by law to arrange for or provide a managed care plan. (4) "Managed care plan" means a plan under which a person undertakes to provide, arrange for, pay for, or reimburse any part of the cost of any health care service. A part of the plan must consist of arranging for or providing health care services as distinguished from indemnification against the cost of those services on a prepaid basis through insurance or otherwise. The term includes a primary care case management provider network. The term does not include a plan that indemnifies a person for the cost of health care services through insurance. (5) "Potentially preventable event" has the meaning assigned by Section 543A.0001 . (6) "Recipient" means a Medicaid recipient. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611 ), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025. SUBCHAPTER B. ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICAID MANAGED CARE PROGRAM
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Section GV.540.0001 ("DEFINITIONS") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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