SB712 - Relating to the identification of underpayments and overpayments under the Medicaid managed care program.

  89R3361 CMO-F     By: Hughes S.B. No. 712       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the identification of underpayments and overpayments   under the Medicaid managed care program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 544.0504, Government Code, as effective   April 1, 2025, is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 544.0504.  RECOVERY AUDIT CONTRACTORS.  To the extent   required under Section 1902(a)(42), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.   Section 1396a(a)(42)), the commission shall establish a program   under which the commission contracts with one or more recovery   audit contractors to :                 (1)   identify Medicaid underpayments and overpayments ,   including underpayments and overpayments under the Medicaid   managed care program; and                 (2)   recover the overpayments.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.