Sec. 32.048. MANAGED CARE INFORMATION AND TRAINING PLAN

(a) Subject to the availability of funds, the department shall develop a comprehensive plan to provide information and training about the requirements of a managed care plan to recipients of medical assistance, providers of medical assistance, local health and human services agencies, and other interested parties in each service area in which the department plans to provide medical assistance through a managed care plan.

(b) The department shall include in the comprehensive plan:

(1) 180 days of initial information and training in a service area beginning not later than the 90th day before the date on which the department plans to begin to provide medical assistance through a managed care plan in that service area;

(2) additional information and training at regular intervals determined by the department; and

(3) performance measures to evaluate the effectiveness of the information and training.

(c) In developing the comprehensive plan, the department shall consult with the Medicaid medical care advisory committee.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1083, Sec. 25(108), eff. June 17, 2011.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 618, Sec. 1, eff. June 11, 1997. Renumbered from Sec. 32.043 by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 19.01(74), eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1050 , Sec. 23(6), eff. September 1, 2011. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1083 , Sec. 25(108), eff. June 17, 2011.