Text of section effective until April 01, 2025
Sec. 531.02118.  STREAMLINING MEDICAID PROVIDER ENROLLMENT AND CREDENTIALING PROCESSES.  (a)  The commission shall streamline provider enrollment and credentialing processes under Medicaid.
(b)  In streamlining the Medicaid provider enrollment process, the commission shall establish a centralized Internet portal through which providers may enroll in Medicaid.  The commission may use the Internet portal created under this subsection to create a single, consolidated Medicaid provider enrollment and credentialing process.
(c)  In streamlining the Medicaid provider credentialing process under this section, the commission may designate a centralized credentialing entity and may:
(1)  share information in the database established under Subchapter C, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, with the centralized credentialing entity; and
(2)  require all managed care organizations contracting with the commission to provide health care services to Medicaid recipients under a managed care plan issued by the organization to use the centralized credentialing entity as a hub for the collection and sharing of information.
(d)  If cost-effective, the commission may contract with a third party to develop the single, consolidated Medicaid provider enrollment and credentialing process authorized under Subsection (b).
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (S.B. 200), Sec. 2.10(a), eff. September 1, 2015.
Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 3.01, eff. April 1, 2025.