Sec. 38.254. UTILIZATION AND COST DATA TO COMMISSIONER. (a) Upon request from the commissioner, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission shall provide to the commissioner data, including utilization and cost data, which is related to the mandate being assessed to the population covered by the Medicaid program, including a program administered under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, and a program administered under Chapter 533, Government Code, even if the program is not necessarily subject to the mandate.
(b) The commissioner may utilize data as defined in Subsection (a) to determine the impact of mandated benefits and mandated offers of coverage for which data collection and reporting is requested.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 852, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 10A.002, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.