Texas Human Resources Code - HUM RES § 32.0641. Recipient Accountability Provisions; Cost-Sharing Requirement to Improve Appropriate Utilization of Services

(a) To the extent permitted under and in a manner that is consistent with Title XIX, Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396 et seq.) and any other applicable law or regulation or under a federal waiver or other authorization, the executive commissioner shall adopt cost-sharing provisions that encourage personal accountability and appropriate utilization of health care services, including a cost-sharing provision applicable to a recipient who chooses to receive a nonemergency medical service through a hospital emergency room.

(b) The commission may not seek a federal waiver or other authorization under this section that would: