Sec. 32.0312.  REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH PREVENTABLE ADVERSE EVENTS.  The executive commissioner shall adopt rules regarding the denial or reduction of reimbursement under the medical assistance program for preventable adverse events that occur in a hospital setting.  In adopting the rules, the executive commissioner:
(1)  shall ensure that the commission imposes the same reimbursement denials or reductions for preventable adverse events as the Medicare program imposes for the same types of health care-associated adverse conditions and the same types of health care providers and facilities under a policy adopted by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services;
(2)  shall consult an advisory committee on health care quality, if established by the executive commissioner, to obtain the advice of that committee regarding denial or reduction of reimbursement claims for any other preventable adverse events that cause patient death or serious disability in health care settings, including events on the list of adverse events identified by the National Quality Forum; and
(3)  may allow the commission to impose reimbursement denials or reductions for preventable adverse events described by Subdivision (2).
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 724 (S.B. 203), Sec. 3(a), eff. September 1, 2009.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.104, eff. April 2, 2015.