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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. 32.023. COOPERATION WITH OTHER STATE AGENCIES
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(a) The department's plan for administering medical assistance must include procedures for using health services administered by other state agencies pursuant to cooperative arrangements.
(b) The department may enter into agreements with appropriate state agencies that will enable the department to implement Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act to provide medical assistance for individuals in institutions or in alternate care arrangements. The agreements must comply with federal law and rules. The department may make medical assistance payments in accordance with the agreements. The agreements are not subject to the Interagency Cooperation Act (Article 4413(32), Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
(c) State agencies responsible for the administration or supervision of facilities to which medical assistance payments may be made under federal law shall enter into the agreements with the department and maintain compliance with the agreements so that the department may receive federal matching funds to support the medical assistance program.
(d) The department may pay medical assistance to other facilities as required under federal law and rules.