Section 32.047 - Prohibition of Certain Health Care Service Providers(a) A person is permanently prohibited from providing or arranging to provide health care services under the medical assistance program if: (1) the person is convicted of an offense arising from a fraudulent act under the program; and(2) the person's fraudulent act results in injury to an elderly person, as defined by Section 48.002(a)(1), a person with a disability, as defined by Section 48.002(a)(8)(A), or a person younger than 18 years of age.(b) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules for prohibiting a person from participating in the medical assistance program as a health care provider for a reasonable period, as determined by the executive commissioner, if the person: (1) fails to repay overpayments under the program; or(2) owns, controls, manages, or is otherwise affiliated with and has financial, managerial, or administrative influence over a provider who has been suspended or prohibited from participating in the program.Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 32.047
Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1,Sec. 4.124, eff. 4/2/2015.Amended By Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 980, Sec. 30, eff. 9/1/2011.Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1153, Sec. 3.03, eff. 9/1/1997.