Sec. 533.0054. HEALTH SCREENING REQUIREMENTS FOR ENROLLEE UNDER STAR HEALTH PROGRAM. (a) A managed care organization that contracts with the commission to provide health care services to recipients under the STAR Health program must ensure that enrollees receive a complete early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment checkup in accordance with the requirements specified in the contract between the managed care organization and the commission.
(b) The commission shall include a provision in a contract with a managed care organization to provide health care services to recipients under the STAR Health program specifying progressive monetary penalties for the organization's failure to comply with Subsection (a).
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (S.B. 11), Sec. 24(a), eff. September 1, 2017.