The executive commissioner shall adopt and the commission shall implement policies that encourage the use of electronic transactions in Medicaid. The policies shall require payment to Medicaid providers by electronic funds transfer, including electronic remittance and status reports. The policies shall also include the establishment of incentives to submit claims electronically and of disincentives to submit claims on paper that are reasonably based on the higher administrative costs to process claims submitted on paper.
Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 32.0316