The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) will submit Amendment Number 747 to the Texas State Plan for Medical Assistance. From the September 8 Texas Register:
Amendment 747 revises the methodology used by the State to estimate the Medicaid Upper Payment Limit (UPL) for hospital inpatient services. The UPL is the federal limit on Medicaid payments to a group of hospitals and is determined under Federal regulations as a reasonable estimate of the amount that would be paid for the Medicaid services or similar services using Medicare payment principles.
On behalf of the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services, HHSC proposes a new subchapter to the Texas Administrative Code, Rights Of Individuals With Mental Retardation.
The new subchapter will “clarify the requirements†for a state mental retardation facility (MR) and a mental retardation authority (MRA) concerning their responsibilities for telling individuals with mental retardation about their rights and educating staff about those rights. MRs and MRAs must also hire a rights protection officer, whose job will be to protect individuals’ rights.
For more information, see the relevant section of the September 8 Texas Register.
