Reports and Presentations

HHSC must implement contract provisions allowing an MCO to offer their members certain medically appropriate, cost-effective, evidence-based services in lieu of mental health or substance use disorder services specified in the Medicaid State Plan. HHSC is also required to prepare and submit an annual report on the number of times during the preceding year a service from the list included in the contract is used.

Statute requires an adjusted final biennial plan on capacity following legislative action on appropriations for long-term care services for persons with an intellectual disability. The final plan is approved by HHSC and made available to the public.

This report addresses requirements in Health and Safety Code §614.013 and §614.017. Health and Safety Code §614.013 and §614.017 requires HHSC to submit a report to the Legislative Budget Board no later than September 1 of each fiscal year its efforts to facilitate the exchange of information between agencies. The report must include but is not limited to: the manner in which information is exchanged between agencies, the frequency with which information is exchanged, the type of information most frequently exchanged and the agencies most frequently involved in the exchange of information.

Presents survey data for adult and child consumer measures of community integration outcomes. The measures were selected by a stakeholder workgroup.

This report serves as a progress report for the Maternal Teleservices Pilot Program and the Pregnancy Medical Home Pilot Program for women receiving medical assistance through a Medicaid managed care model.

To comply with CMS regulations governing the settings where Medicaid home and community based services (HCBS) can be provided, HHSC plans to transition from day habilitation services to a more integrated service called Individualized Skills and Socialization (ISS).