DATA SET EVALUATION.
Tex. GOV'T Code § 543A.0252.
in effectTo ensure that the commission is using the best data to inform developing and implementing quality-based payment systems under Section 543A.0251 , the commission shall evaluate the reliability, validity, and functionality of post-acute and long-term services and supports data sets. The commission's evaluation should assess:
(1) to what degree data sets on which the commission relies meet a standard:
(A) for integrating care;
(B) for developing coordinated care plans; and
(C) that would allow for the meaningful development of risk adjustment techniques;
(2) whether the data sets will provide value for outcome or performance measures and cost containment; and
(3) how classification systems and data sets used for Medicaid long-term services and supports providers can be standardized and, where possible, simplified.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611 ), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.