{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-540.0305","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 540.0305","heading":"PHYSICIAN CONSULTATION BEFORE ADVERSE PRIOR AUTHORIZATION DETERMINATION.","body":"In addition to the requirements of Subchapter F, a contract between a Medicaid managed care organization and the commission to which that subchapter applies must require that, before issuing an adverse determination on a prior authorization request, the organization provide the physician requesting the prior authorization with a reasonable opportunity to discuss the request with another physician who:\n(1) practices in the same or a similar specialty, but not necessarily the same subspecialty; and\n(2) has experience in treating the same category of population as the recipient on whose behalf the physician submitted the request.\nAdded by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE I. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","CHAPTER 540. MEDICAID MANAGED CARE PROGRAM","SUBCHAPTER G. PRIOR AUTHORIZATION AND UTILIZATION REVIEW PROCEDURES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.540.htm#540.0305","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"7c0a5009853dbc99d3df346ca5558cf702adeec9501d6b5237411a9cd1ed58b0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-540.0304","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-540.0306"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}