Section 532.0151 - [Effective 4/1/2025] Streamlining Provider Enrollment And Credentialing Processes(a) The commission shall streamline Medicaid provider enrollment and credentialing processes.(b) In streamlining the Medicaid provider enrollment process, the commission shall establish a centralized Internet portal through which providers may enroll in Medicaid.(c) In streamlining the Medicaid provider credentialing process, the commission may: (1) designate a centralized credentialing entity;(2) share information in the database established under Subchapter C, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, with the centralized credentialing entity; and(3) require all Medicaid managed care organizations to use the centralized credentialing entity as a hub for collecting and sharing information.(d) The commission may:(1) use the Internet portal created under Subsection (b) to create a single, consolidated Medicaid provider enrollment and credentialing process; and(2) if cost-effective, contract with a third party to develop the single, consolidated process. (Gov. Code, Sec. 531.02118.)Tex. Gov't. Code § 532.0151
Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 769,Sec. 1.01, eff. 4/1/2025.