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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
The commission shall establish and implement an evaluation process for the submission, preliminary review, analysis, and approval of a clinical initiative. The process must:
(1) require that a suggestion for a clinical initiative be submitted to the state Medicaid director;
(2) require that a suggestion for a clinical initiative selected for analysis under Section 538.054 be published on the Internet website created under Section 538.056 not later than the 30th day after the date on which the state Medicaid director receives the suggestion;
(3) provide for a formal public comment period that lasts at least 30 days during which the public may submit comments and research relating to a suggested clinical initiative;
(4) allow the commission to conduct with the assistance of appropriate advisory committees or similar groups as determined by the commission a preliminary review of each suggested clinical initiative to determine whether the initiative warrants further consideration and analysis under Section 538.054;
(5) limit the number of suggestions that receive analysis under Section 538.054;
(6) require the commission to publish on the Internet website created under Section 538.056 the criteria the commission uses in the preliminary review under Subdivision (4) to determine whether an initiative warrants analysis under Section 538.054;
(7) require commission employees to perform an analysis of each suggested clinical initiative selected for analysis in accordance with Section 538.054; and
(8) require the development and publication of a final report in accordance with Section 538.055 on each clinical initiative selected for analysis under Section 538.054 not later than the 180th day after the date on which the state Medicaid director receives the suggestion.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 538.053. Clinical Initiative Evaluation Process - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/government-code/gov-t-sect-538-053/
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