The following information was obtained from the May 14 issue of the Texas Register:
Public Hearings and Notice
HHSC will hold a public hearing on June 8, 2010, from 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. on Strengthening Nonprofit Capacity. The hearing will take place in the Harlingen Cultural Arts Center Liberty Hall, 576 ’76 Drive, Harlingen, Texas 78550. For more information, contact Joanne Pierce, Office of Community Collaboration, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, 9013 Tuscany Way, Suite 100, Austin, Texas 78754, by phone (512) 919-5746, fax (512) 928-1828, or e-mail Joanne.Pierce@hhsc.state.tx.us.
See the relevant section of the Texas Register for more information.
HHSC intents to submit to CMS an amendment to the MDCP waiver to increase the number of people to be served in the MDCP waiver program. Contact Christine Longoria by mail at Texas Health and Human Services Commission, P.O. Box 85200, mail code H-620, Austin, Texas 78708-5200, by phone (512) 491-1152, fax (512) 491-1957, or e-mail Christine.Longoria@hhsc.state.tx.us.
HHSC intends to submit amendments to the Texas State Plan for Medical Assistance, under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, which would modify the reimbursement methodologies in the Texas Medicaid State Plan as a result of Medicaid fee changes for Physicians and Certain Other Practitioners. Contact Dan Huggins, Director of Rate Analysis for Acute Care Services, by mail at the Rate Analysis Department, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, P.O. Box 85200, H-400, Austin, Texas 78708-5200, by phone (512) 491-1432, fax (512) 491-1998, or e-mail Dan.Huggins@hhsc.state.tx.us.
For more details, see the relevant section of the Texas Register.
Proposed Rules
The Texas Board of Nursing proposes to amend §223.1 (relating to Fees). The amendment is proposed under the Occupations Code §§301.155(a), 301.157(b), and 301.151, necessary to increase the required filing fee for the approval of a new nursing education program from $500 to $2,500. For more information, see the relevant section of the Texas Register.
