Texas Statutes
Subchapter B. Administrative Provisions
Section 32.075. Employment Assistance and Supported Employment

Sec. 32.075. EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT. (a) In this section:
(1) "Employment assistance" means assistance provided to an individual to help the individual locate paid employment in the community. Employment assistance includes:
(A) identifying an individual's employment preferences, job skills, and requirements for a work setting and work conditions;
(B) locating prospective employers offering employment compatible with an individual's identified preferences, skills, and requirements; and
(C) contacting a prospective employer on behalf of an individual and negotiating the individual's employment.
(2) "Supported employment" means assistance provided, in order to sustain paid employment, to an individual who, because of a disability, requires intensive, ongoing support to be self-employed, work from home, or perform in a work setting at which individuals without disabilities are employed. Supported employment includes adaptations, supervision, and training related to an individual's diagnosis.
(b) This section applies only to the following medical assistance waiver programs:
(1) the community based alternatives program;
(2) the community living assistance and support services program;
(3) the deaf-blind with multiple disabilities program;
(4) the home and community-based services program;
(5) the medically dependent children program;
(6) the STAR + PLUS Medicaid managed care program;
(7) the Texas home living program; and
(8) the youth empowerment services program.
(c) The commission shall provide employment assistance and supported employment to participants in the waiver programs identified in Subsection (b).
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 506 (S.B. 45), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.148, eff. April 2, 2015.

Structure Texas Statutes

Texas Statutes

Human Resources Code

Title 2 - Human Services and Protective Services in General

Subtitle C - Assistance Programs

Chapter 32 - Medical Assistance Program

Subchapter B. Administrative Provisions

Section 32.021. Administration of the Program

Section 32.0211. Restrictions on Executive Commissioners, Former Members of a Board, Commissioners, and Their Business Partners

Section 32.0212. Delivery of Medical Assistance

Section 32.0213. Nursing Facility Bed Certification and Decertification

Section 32.0214. Designations of Primary Care Provider by Certain Recipients

Section 32.0215. Home or Community Care Providers: Civil Monetary Penalties

Section 32.022. Medical and Hospital Care Advisory Committees

Section 32.023. Cooperation With Other State Agencies

Section 32.0231. Announcement of Funding or Program Change

Section 32.024. Authority and Scope of Program; Eligibility

Section 32.0241. Review of Waiver Request

Section 32.0242. Verification of Certain Information

Section 32.0244. Nursing Facility Beds in Certain Counties

Section 32.0245. Nursing Facility Beds for Certain Facilities Treating Alzheimer's Disease

Section 32.02451. Additional Personal Needs Allowance for Guardianship Expenses of Certain Recipients

Section 32.0246. Medical Assistance Reimbursement for Certain Behavioral Health and Physical Health Services

Section 32.02471. Medical Assistance for Certain Former Foster Care Adolescents Enrolled in Higher Education

Section 32.024715. Streamlined Eligibility Determination Process for Certain Former Foster Care Youth

Section 32.0249. Mental Health Screenings in Texas Health Steps Program

Section 32.025. Application for Medical Assistance

Section 32.0251. Eligibility Notification and Review for Certain Children

Section 32.0255. Transitional Medical Assistance

Section 32.0256. Continuation of Medical Assistance for Certain Individuals

Section 32.026. Certification of Eligibility and Need for Medical Assistance

Section 32.0261. Continuous Eligibility

Section 32.026101. Determination of Eligibility by Health Care Exchanges Prohibited

Section 32.02611. Exclusion of Assets in Prepaid Tuition Programs and Higher Education Savings Plans

Section 32.02613. Life Insurance Assets; Life Insurance Policy Conversion

Section 32.0262. Eligibility Transition

Section 32.0263. Health Care Orientation

Section 32.0264. Suspension and Reinstatement of Eligibility for Children in Juvenile Facilities

Section 32.0265. Notice of Certain Placements in Juvenile Facilities

Section 32.0266. Suspension, Termination, and Automatic Reinstatement of Eligibility for Individuals Confined in County Jails

Section 32.027. Selection of Provider of Medical Assistance

Section 32.0275. Military Medical Treatment Facilities and Affiliated Health Care Providers; Reimbursement

Section 32.028. Fees, Charges, and Rates

Section 32.0281. Rules and Notice Relating to Payment Rates

Section 32.0282. Public Hearing on Rates

Section 32.0284. Calculation of Payments Under Certain Supplemental Hospital Payment Programs

Section 32.0285. Calculation of Medical Education Add-on for Reimbursement of Teaching Hospitals That Provide Behavioral Health and Physical Health Services

Section 32.029. Methods of Payment

Section 32.0291. Prepayment Reviews and Payment Holds

Section 32.031. Receipt and Expenditure of Funds

Section 32.0311. Drug Reimbursement Under Certain Programs

Section 32.03115. Reimbursement for Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid or Substance Use Disorder

Section 32.0312. Reimbursement for Services Associated With Preventable Adverse Events

Section 32.0313. Induced Deliveries or Cesarean Sections Before 39th Week

Section 32.0314. Reimbursement for Durable Medical Equipment and Supplies

Section 32.03141. Authority of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses and Physician Assistants Regarding Durable Medical Equipment and Supplies

Section 32.0315. Funds for Graduate Medical Education

Section 32.0316. Electronic Transactions; Medicaid

Section 32.0317. Reimbursement for Services Provided Under School Health and Related Services Program

Section 32.032. Prevention and Detection of Fraud and Abuse

Section 32.0321. Surety Bond

Section 32.0322. Criminal History Record Information; Enrollment of Providers

Section 32.033. Subrogation

Section 32.034. Contract Cancellation; Notice and Hearing

Section 32.035. Appeals

Section 32.036. Program Payments Nonassignable and Exempt From Legal Process

Section 32.038. Collection of Insurance Payments

Section 32.0381. Icf-Iid Payment Rates

Section 32.039. Damages and Penalties

Section 32.0391. Criminal Offense

Section 32.040. Identification of Husband or Alleged Father

Section 32.042. Information Required From Health Insurers

Section 32.0421. Administrative Penalty for Failure to Provide Information

Section 32.0422. Health Insurance Premium Payment Reimbursement Program for Medical Assistance Recipients

Section 32.0423. Recovery of Reimbursements From Health Coverage Providers

Section 32.0424. Requirements of Third-Party Health Insurers

Section 32.04242. Payor of Last Resort

Section 32.0425. Reimbursement for Wheeled Mobility Systems

Section 32.043. Procurement Rules for Public Disproportionate Share Hospitals

Section 32.044. Group Purchasing for Disproportionate Share Hospitals

Section 32.045. Enhanced Reimbursement

Section 32.046. Sanctions and Penalties Related to the Provision of Pharmacy Products

Section 32.0461. Vendor Drug Program; Competitive Bidding

Section 32.0462. Vendor Drug Program; Pricing Standard

Section 32.0463. Medications and Medical Supplies

Section 32.047. Prohibition of Certain Health Care Service Providers

Section 32.048. Managed Care Information and Training Plan

Section 32.049. Managed Care Contract Compliance

Section 32.050. Dual Medicaid and Medicare Coverage

Section 32.051. Misdirected Billing

Section 32.052. Waiver Programs for Children With Disabilities or Special Health Care Needs

Section 32.0531. Pace Program Team

Section 32.0532. Pace Program Reimbursement Methodology

Section 32.0533. Data Collection: Pace and Star + Plus Medicaid Managed Care Programs

Section 32.054. Dental Services

Section 32.055. Catastrophic Case Management

Section 32.0551. Optimization of Case Management Systems

Section 32.056. Compliance With Texas Health Steps Comprehensive Care Program

Section 32.0561. Maternal Depression Screening

Section 32.057. Contracts for Disease Management Programs

Section 32.058. Limitation on Medical Assistance in Certain Alternative Community-Based Care Settings

Section 32.059. Use of Respiratory Therapists for Respiratory Therapy Services

Section 32.061. Community Attendant Services Program

Section 32.062. Admissibility of Certain Evidence Relating to Nursing Institutions

Section 32.063. Third-Party Billing Vendors

Section 32.0641. Recipient Accountability Provisions; Cost-Sharing Requirement to Improve Appropriate Utilization of Services

Section 32.067. Delivery of Comprehensive Care Services to Certain Recipients of Medical Assistance

Section 32.068. In-Person Evaluation Required for Certain Services

Section 32.069. Chronic Kidney Disease Management Initiative

Section 32.070. Audits of Providers

Section 32.0705. External Audits of Certain Medicaid Contractors Based on Risk

Section 32.071. Recipient and Provider Education

Section 32.072. Direct Access to Eye Health Care Services

Section 32.073. Health Information Technology Standards

Section 32.074. Access to Personal Emergency Response System

Section 32.075. Employment Assistance and Supported Employment

Section 32.076. Substitute Dentists