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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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HUMAN RESOURCES CODE |
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Title 2. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND DEPARTMENT OF PROTECTIVE AND REGULATORY SERVICES |
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Subtitle C. ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS |
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Chapter 32. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM |
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Subchapter B. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS |
Sec. 32.022. MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL CARE ADVISORY COMMITTEES
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(a) The board, on the recommendation of the commissioner, shall appoint a medical care advisory committee to advise the board and the department in developing and maintaining the medical assistance program and in making immediate and long-range plans for reaching the program's goal of providing access to high quality, comprehensive medical and health care services to medically indigent persons in the state. To ensure that qualified applicants receive services, the committee shall consider changes in the process the department uses to determine eligibility.
(b) The board shall appoint the committee in compliance with the requirements of the federal agency administering medical assistance. The appointments shall provide for a balanced representation of the general public, providers, consumers, and other persons, state agencies, or groups with knowledge of and interest in the committee's field of work.
(c) The department shall adopt rules for membership on the committee to provide for efficiency of operation, rotation, stability, and continuity.
(d) The board, on the recommendation of the commissioner, may appoint regional and local medical care advisory committees and other advisory committees as considered necessary.
(e) The board, on the recommendation of the commissioner, shall appoint a hospital payment advisory committee. The committee shall advise the board and the department on necessary changes in hospital payment methodologies for inpatient hospital prospective payments and on adjustments for disproportionate share hospitals that will ensure reasonable, adequate, and equitable payments to hospital providers and that will address the essential role of rural hospitals. The board shall appoint to the committee persons with knowledge of and an interest in hospital payment issues.