Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 540A.0001. Definitions

(1) Notwithstanding Section 521.0001(2), “commission” means the Health and Human Services Commission or an agency operating part of the Medicaid managed care program, as appropriate.

(2) “Managed care plan” means a plan under which a person undertakes to provide, arrange for, pay for, or reimburse any part of the cost of any health care service. A part of the plan must consist of arranging for or providing health care services as distinguished from indemnification against the cost of those services on a prepaid basis through insurance or otherwise. The term includes a primary care case management provider network. The term does not include a plan that indemnifies a person for the cost of health care services through insurance.

(3) “Managed transportation organization” means:

(4) “Medical transportation program” has the meaning assigned by Section 526.0351.

(5) “Nonemergency transportation service” has the meaning assigned by Section 526.0351.

(6) “Nonmedical transportation service” means:

(7) “Recipient” means a Medicaid recipient.

(8) “Transportation network company” has the meaning assigned by Section 2402.001, Occupations Code.

(9) “Transportation vendor” means an entity, including a transportation network company, that contracts with a Medicaid managed care organization to provide nonmedical transportation services. (Gov. Code, Secs. 533.001(1), (5), (6), 533.00257(a)(1), (2), (2-a), 533.002571(a), 533.00258(a), 533.002581(a); New.)