Text of section effective on April 01, 2025

Sec. 540.0303.  PRIOR AUTHORIZATION PROCEDURES FOR NONHOSPITALIZED RECIPIENT.  (a)  This section applies only to a prior authorization request submitted with respect to a recipient who is not hospitalized at the time of the request.
(b)  In addition to the requirements of Subchapter F, a contract between a Medicaid managed care organization and the commission to which that subchapter applies must require that the organization review and issue a determination on a prior authorization request to which this section applies according to the following time frames:
(1)  within three business days after the organization receives the request; or
(2)  within the time frame and following the process the commission establishes if the organization receives a prior authorization request that does not include sufficient or adequate documentation.
(c)  In consultation with the state Medicaid managed care advisory committee, the commission shall establish a process for use by a Medicaid managed care organization that receives a prior authorization request to which this section applies that does not include sufficient or adequate documentation.  The process must provide a time frame within which a provider may submit the necessary documentation.  The time frame must be longer than the time frame specified by Subsection (b)(1).
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.