Sec. 32.04242. PAYOR OF LAST RESORT    


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  • The executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall adopt rules to ensure, to the extent allowed by federal law, that the Medicaid program:

    (1) is the payor of last resort; and

    (2) provides reimbursement for services, including long-term care services, only if, and to the extent, other adequate public or private sources of payment are not available.

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 821 , Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.