Section 531.02118 - [Repealed Effective 4/1/2025] Streamlining Medicaid Provider Enrollment and Credentialing Processes(a) The commission shall streamline provider enrollment and credentialing processes under Medicaid.(b) In streamlining the Medicaid provider enrollment process, the commission shall establish a centralized Internet portal through which providers may enroll in Medicaid. The commission may use the Internet portal created under this subsection to create a single, consolidated Medicaid provider enrollment and credentialing process.(c) In streamlining the Medicaid provider credentialing process under this section, the commission may designate a centralized credentialing entity and may: (1) share information in the database established under Subchapter C, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, with the centralized credentialing entity; and(2) require all managed care organizations contracting with the commission to provide health care services to Medicaid recipients under a managed care plan issued by the organization to use the centralized credentialing entity as a hub for the collection and sharing of information.(d) If cost-effective, the commission may contract with a third party to develop the single, consolidated Medicaid provider enrollment and credentialing process authorized under Subsection (b).Tex. Gov't. Code § 531.02118
Repealed by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 769,Sec. 3.01, eff. 4/1/2025.Added by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 837,Sec. 2.10, eff. 9/1/2015.