Proposed Rules
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has proposed to amend §§352.1 – 352.9, concerning the quality assurance fee for the Intermediate Care Facilities Mental Retardation (ICF/MR) program. The amendments would establish the quality assurance fee for facilities in the ICF/MR program. See the relevant section of the November 2 Texas Register for more information.
The Texas Board of Nursing (BON) has proposed to repeal §217.13 (Peer Assistance Programs), §217.19 (Incident-Based Nursing Peer Review), and §217.20 (Safe Harbor Peer Review for Nurses) after it determined that further changes are no longer needed. See the relevant section of the November 2 Texas Register for more information.
Open Meetings
HHSC will hold a public hearing on proposed Medicaid payment rates for seven specific laboratory services procedure codes on November 20, 2007, at 1:30 p.m., to receive public comment. The hearing will be held in the Lone Star Conference Room of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Braker Center, Building H, located at 11209 Metric Boulevard, Austin, Texas. See the relevant section of the November 2 Texas Register for more information on the hearing and where to send written comments.