Text of section effective until April 01, 2025
Sec. 533.00522.  STAR HEALTH PROGRAM:  MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS.  A contract between a Medicaid managed care organization and the commission for the organization to provide health care services to recipients under the STAR Health program must require the organization to ensure the organization maintains a network of mental and behavioral health providers, including child psychiatrists and other appropriate providers, in all Department of Family and Protective Services regions in this state, regardless of whether community-based care has been implemented in any region.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 621 (S.B. 1896), Sec. 13(b), eff. June 14, 2021.
Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 3.01(3), eff. April 1, 2025.