Section 540.0053 - [Effective 4/1/2025] Statewide Effort To Promote Medicaid Eligibility Maintenance(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 Medicaid managed care organization with: (1) maintaining eligibility; and(2) avoiding lapses in Medicaid coverage.(b) As part of the commission's effort under Subsection (a), the commission shall: (1) require each Medicaid managed care organization to assist the organization's 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 relevant to a recipient's eligibility status is provided to the recipient's Medicaid managed care organization. (Gov. Code, Sec. 533.0077.)Tex. Gov't. Code § 540.0053
Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 769,Sec. 1.01, eff. 4/1/2025.