{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-540.0710","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 540.0710","heading":"DIRECT ACCESS TO EYE HEALTH CARE SERVICES.","body":"(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission shall ensure that a Medicaid managed care plan offered by a Medicaid managed care organization and any other Medicaid managed care model or arrangement implemented under this chapter allow a recipient receiving services through the plan or other model or arrangement to, in the manner and to the extent required by Section 32.072, Human Resources Code:\n(1) select an in-network ophthalmologist or therapeutic optometrist in the managed care network to provide eye health care services other than surgery; and\n(2) have direct access to the selected in-network ophthalmologist or therapeutic optometrist for the nonsurgical services.\n(b) This section does not affect the obligation of an ophthalmologist or therapeutic optometrist in a managed care network to comply with the terms of the Medicaid managed care plan.\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 O. DELIVERY OF SERVICES: GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.540.htm#540.0710","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"e35a81c36e4232450765b92329242d2f68678b82b8df3d49fb0b4ee7421b192e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-540.0709","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-540.0711"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}