Section 543.0054 - [Effective 4/1/2025] Analysis Of Clinical InitiativesAfter conducting a preliminary review of a clinical initiative under Section 543.0053(2), the commission shall analyze the clinical initiative if the commission selects the initiative for analysis. The analysis must include a review of:
(1) any public comments and submitted research relating to the initiative;(2) the available clinical research and historical utilization information relating to the initiative;(3) published medical literature relating to the initiative;(4) any adoption of the initiative by a medical society or other clinical group;(5) whether the initiative has been implemented under: (A) the Medicare program;(B) another state medical assistance program; or(C) a state-operated health care program, including the child health plan program;(6) the results of reports, research, pilot programs, or clinical studies relating to the initiative conducted by: (A) institutions of higher education, including related medical schools;(B) governmental entities and agencies; and(C) private and nonprofit think tanks and research groups;(7) the impact the initiative would have on Medicaid if the initiative were implemented in this state, including:(A) an estimate of the number of Medicaid recipients that would be impacted by implementing the initiative; and(B) a description of any potential cost savings to the state that would result from implementing the initiative; and(8) any statutory barriers to implementing the initiative. (Gov. Code, Sec. 538.054.)Tex. Gov't. Code § 543.0054
Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 769,Sec. 1.01, eff. 4/1/2025.