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Enacted-Effective 9/1/11: HB 2722 -- State Medicaid program is payor of last resort

Caption: Relating to the state Medicaid program as the payor of last resort
Author: Perry
Bill History
Bill Text

Relevance:  This bill requires the executive commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to adopt rules to ensure that, to the extent allowed by federal law, the state Medicaid system is the payor of last resort and provides reimbursement only if, and to the extent, that other public or private sources of payment are not available.

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