Tex.
Gov't Code Section 531.024171
Therapy Services Assessments
(a)
In this section, “therapy services” includes occupational, physical, and speech therapy services.(b)
After implementing the objective assessment process for acute nursing services in accordance with Section 531.02417 (Medicaid Nursing Services Assessments), the commission shall consider whether implementing age- and diagnosis-appropriate objective assessment processes for assessing the needs of a Medicaid recipient for therapy services would be feasible and beneficial.(c)
If the commission determines that implementing age- and diagnosis-appropriate processes with respect to one or more types of therapy services is feasible and would be beneficial, the commission may implement the processes within:(1)
the Medicaid fee-for-service model;(2)
the primary care case management Medicaid managed care model; and(3)
the STAR and STAR + PLUS Medicaid managed care programs.(d)
An objective assessment process implemented under this section must include a process that allows a provider of therapy services to request and obtain a review of the results of an assessment conducted as provided by this section that is comparable to the process implemented under rules adopted under Section 531.02417 (Medicaid Nursing Services Assessments)(e).
Source:
Section 531.024171 — Therapy Services Assessments, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.531.htm#531.024171 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
