Bill Text: TX HB3573 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to compliance with federal coding guidelines for certain divisions and offices within the Health and Human Services Commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-18 - Referred to Human Services [HB3573 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3573-Introduced.html
86R806 MM-D | ||
By: Sheffield | H.B. No. 3573 |
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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. |