Enrolled Bill Summary

            House Bill 875 amends the Government Code to direct the Health and Human Services Commission to use an automated fraud investigation tracking system to monitor the progress of investigations of suspected fraud, abuse, or insufficient quality of care under the state Medicaid program and lists specific functions of the system. The act directs the commission to require each health and human services agency performing any aspect of the state Medicaid program to participate in the implementation and use of the automated fraud investigation tracking system. For settled cases of fraud, abuse, or insufficient quality of care, the act directs the commission to use an automated recovery monitoring system to monitor the collections process.

            House Bill 875 amends the Human Resources Code to direct the Department of Human Services to ensure that the department's telephone collection program attempts to collect reimbursement for all delinquent payments for which 15 days or more have elapsed since an initial notice of delinquency was sent. It also directs the department to use an automated collections system to monitor the results of its telephone collection program.