Sec. 548.0055. PROMOTION AND SUPPORT OF MEDICAL HOME AND CARE COORDINATION. (a) The commission shall ensure that a Medicaid managed care organization ensures that using telemedicine medical services, teledentistry dental services, or telehealth services promotes and supports patient-centered medical homes by allowing a Medicaid recipient to receive a telemedicine medical service, teledentistry dental service, or telehealth service from a provider other than the recipient's primary care physician or provider, except as provided by Section 548.0202 (b), only if: (1) the service is provided in accordance with the law and contract requirements applicable to providing the same health care service in an in-person setting, including requirements regarding care coordination; and (2) subject to Subsection (b), the provider of the service gives notice to the Medicaid recipient's primary care physician or provider regarding the service, including a summary of the service, exam findings, a list of prescribed or administered medications, and patient instructions, for the purpose of sharing medical information. (b) A provider of a telemedicine medical service, teledentistry dental service, or telehealth service is required to provide notice under Subsection (a)(2) only if: (1) the recipient has a primary care physician or provider; and (2) the recipient or, if appropriate, the recipient's parent or legal guardian, consents to the notice. (c) The commission shall develop, document, and implement a monitoring process to ensure that a Medicaid managed care organization ensures that using telemedicine medical services, teledentistry dental services, or telehealth services promotes and supports patient-centered medical homes and care coordination in accordance with Subsection (a). The process must include monitoring of the rate at which a telemedicine medical service, teledentistry dental service, or telehealth service provider gives notice in accordance with Subsection (a)(2).
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