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House Bill 2042 |
House Author: Dukes et al. |
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Effective: 6-15-07 |
Senate Sponsor: Nelson et al. |
House Bill 2042 amends the Human Resources Code to require the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission to establish and administer an electronic, searchable, Internet-based database of all participating providers in the Medicaid program. The bill prescribes information and functionality required to be featured by the database, directs the executive commissioner to ensure that the database is updated at least once a month, prohibits a fee from being charged providers for participating in the database, and authorizes the executive commissioner to contract with a state agency or private entity for the creation, operation, and maintenance of the database.