Texas Family Code - FAM § 266.0043. Assumption of Financial Responsibility by Medical Consenters

(1) “Health care provider” means an individual who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized to provide health care services in this state. The term does not include a pharmacy.

(2) “Managed care plan” has the meaning assigned by Section 540.0001, Government Code.

(3) “Medicaid” and “Medicaid managed care organization” have the meanings assigned by Section 521.0001, Government Code.

(4) “Medicaid managed care plan” means a managed care plan offered by a Medicaid managed care organization.

(5) “Medical consenter” means a person authorized to consent to medical care for a foster child under Section 266.004(b).

(6) “Out-of-network provider” means a health care provider who is not included in the provider network of the Medicaid managed care plan in which a foster child is enrolled.

(7) “Pharmacy” has the meaning assigned by Section 551.003, Occupations Code.

(1) limit or restrict a foster child's access to Medicaid benefits, including in-network benefits provided under the Medicaid managed care program;

(2) change or limit the rights of parents of children in the temporary managing conservatorship of the department;  or

(3) limit a court's authority to order the department to assume financial responsibility for the cost of services provided to a foster child by an out-of-network provider.