SECTION 353.601. General Provisions

(a) HHSC administers the STAR+PLUS program.

(b) The following subchapters of this chapter apply to the STAR+PLUS program:

(1) Subchapter A (relating to General Provisions);

(2) Subchapter B (relating to Provider and Member Education Programs);

(3) Subchapter C (relating to Member Bill of Rights and Responsibilities);

(4) Subchapter E (relating to Standards for Medicaid Managed Care);

(5) Subchapter F (relating to Special Investigative Units); and

(6) Subchapter J (relating to Outpatient Pharmacy Services).

(c) HHSC selects STAR+PLUS MCOs using the purchasing methods described in Chapter 391, Subchapter D of this title (relating to Purchase of Goods and Services by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission).

(d) The STAR+PLUS program serves members in all service areas in the state.

Source Note: The provisions of this §353.601 adopted to be effective December 1, 1997, 22 TexReg 11403; transferred effective September 1, 2004, as published in the Texas Register September 17, 2004, 29 TexReg 9013; amended to be effective February 1, 2011, 36 TexReg 231; amended to be effective March 1, 2012, 37 TexReg 1283; amended to be effective September 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 5873; amended to be effective November 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 8265