Section 533.0077 - [Repealed Effective 4/1/2025] Statewide Effort to Promote Maintenance of Eligibility(a) The commission shall develop and implement a statewide effort to assist recipients who satisfy Medicaid eligibility requirements and who receive Medicaid services through a managed care organization with maintaining eligibility and avoiding lapses in coverage under Medicaid.(b) As part of its effort under Subsection (a), the commission shall: (1) require each managed care organization providing health care services to recipients to assist those recipients with maintaining eligibility;(2) if the commission determines it is cost-effective, develop specific strategies for assisting recipients who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits under 42 U.S.C. Section 1381 et seq. with maintaining eligibility; and(3) ensure information that is relevant to a recipient's eligibility status is provided to the managed care organization through which the recipient receives Medicaid services.Tex. Gov't. Code § 533.0077
Repealed by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 769,Sec. 3.01, eff. 4/1/2025.Added by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg.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. 2.22, eff. 9/1/2015.