{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-548.0102","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 548.0102","heading":"MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT REQUIREMENTS: TELEMEDICINE MEDICAL SERVICES.","body":"(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall require each health and human services agency that administers a part of Medicaid to provide Medicaid reimbursement for a telemedicine medical service initiated or provided by a physician.\n(b) The commission shall ensure that reimbursement is provided only for a telemedicine medical service a physician initiates or provides.\n(c) The commission shall require reimbursement for a telemedicine medical service at the same rate Medicaid reimburses for the same in-person medical service.\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 548. HEALTH CARE SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH TELE-CONNECTIVE MEANS","SUBCHAPTER C. PROVISION OF AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR TELEMEDICINE MEDICAL AND TELEHEALTH SERVICES IN GENERAL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.548.htm#548.0102","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"2775ca2f50be7adfb9ea267e16bdb66ef806c84732bfa741d04b7e497d5d274e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-548.0101","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-548.0103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}