Section 371.27 - Prohibition against Solicitation of Medicaid or CHIP Recipients(a) A provider or person who furnishes services, under the Medicaid program or Child Health Insurance Plan program, must comply with Chapter 102, Texas Occupations Code.(b) A provider or person is prohibited from offering to pay or agreeing to accept, directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly, any remuneration in cash or in kind to or from another for securing or soliciting a patient or patronage for or from a person licensed, certified, or registered or enrolled as a provider or otherwise by a state health care regulatory or HHS agency.(c) A provider or person is prohibited from engaging in any of the actions or conduct described in the provisions relating to bribe, kickback, rebate, or inducement specified in § RSA 371.1669 of this chapter (relating to Self-Dealing) .(d) Providers or persons in violation of the prohibition against solicitation may be excluded from participation in the Medicaid and CHIP programs and may have their contract to participate cancelled.1 Tex. Admin. Code § 371.27
The provisions of this §371.27 adopted to be effective January 9, 2005, 29 TexReg 12128; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 17, April 22, 2016, TexReg 2942, eff. 5/1/2016