Bill Text: TX SB1458 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to compliance with federal coding guidelines for certain divisions and offices within the Health and Human Services Commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-16 - Referred to Human Services [SB1458 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1458-Engrossed.html
By: Johnson, Hinojosa | S.B. No. 1458 |
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relating to compliance with federal coding guidelines for certain | ||
divisions and offices within the Health and Human Services | ||
Commission. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 531.1023, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 531.1023. COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL CODING GUIDELINES. | ||
(a) The commission's office of inspector general, including | ||
office staff and any third party with which the office contracts to | ||
perform coding services, and the commission's medical and | ||
utilization review appeals unit shall comply with federal coding | ||
guidelines, including guidelines for diagnosis-related group (DRG) | ||
validation and related audits. | ||
(b) In this section, "federal coding guidelines" means the | ||
code sets and guidelines adopted by the United States Department of | ||
Health and Human Services in accordance with the Health Insurance | ||
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. Section 1320d | ||
et seq.). | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |