Sec. 252.202. COMPUTING QUALITY ASSURANCE FEE

(a) A quality assurance fee is imposed on each facility for which a license fee must be paid under Section 252.034, on each facility owned by a community mental health and mental retardation center, as described by Subchapter A, Chapter 534, and on each facility owned by the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation. The fee:

(1) is an amount established under Subsection (b) multiplied by the number of patient days as determined in accordance with Section 252.203;

(2) is payable monthly; and

(3) is in addition to other fees imposed under this chapter.

(b) The Health and Human Services Commission or the department at the direction of the commission shall set the quality assurance fee for each day in the amount necessary to produce annual revenues equal to an amount that is not more than six percent of the facility's total annual gross receipts in this state. The fee is subject to a prospective adjustment as necessary.

(c) The amount of the quality assurance fee must be determined using patient days and gross receipts reported to the department and covering a period of at least six months.

(d) The quality assurance fee is an allowable cost for reimbursement under the Medicaid program.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1284, Sec. 9.01, eff. June 15, 2001. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 2.64, eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1251, Sec. 1(a), eff. June 20, 2003.