Sec. 32.03117.  REIMBURSEMENT FOR NON-OPIOID TREATMENTS.  (a)  In this section, "non-opioid treatment" means a drug or biological product that is indicated to produce analgesia without acting on the body's opioid receptors.
(b)  The commission shall ensure that medical assistance reimbursement is provided to a provider who provides a non-opioid treatment to a recipient under the medical assistance program.
(c)  The executive commissioner by rule shall ensure that, to the extent permitted by federal law, a hospital provider that provides outpatient department services to a medical assistance recipient is reimbursed separately under the medical assistance program for any non-opioid treatment provided as a part of those services.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 890 (H.B. 4888), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.