Text of section effective on April 01, 2025

Sec. 548.0102.  MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT REQUIREMENTS: TELEMEDICINE MEDICAL SERVICES.  (a)  The executive commissioner by rule shall require each health and human services agency that administers a part of Medicaid to provide Medicaid reimbursement for a telemedicine medical service initiated or provided by a physician.
(b)  The commission shall ensure that reimbursement is provided only for a telemedicine medical service a physician initiates or provides.
(c)  The commission shall require reimbursement for a telemedicine medical service at the same rate Medicaid reimburses for the same in-person medical service.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.