Section 544.0352 - [Effective 4/1/2025] Special Investigative Unit Or Contracted Entity To Investigate Fraud And Abuse(a) A managed care organization to which this subchapter applies shall: (1) establish and maintain a special investigative unit within the organization to investigate fraudulent claims and other types of program abuse by recipients or enrollees, as applicable, and service providers; or(2) contract with another entity to investigate fraudulent claims and other types of program abuse by recipients or enrollees, as applicable, and service providers.(b) A managed care organization that contracts for the investigation of fraudulent claims and other types of program abuse by recipients or enrollees, as applicable, and service providers under Subsection (a)(2) shall file with the office of inspector general: (1) a copy of the written contract;(2) the names, addresses, telephone numbers, and fax numbers of the principals of the entity with which the organization contracts; and(3) a description of the qualifications of the principals of the entity with which the organization contracts. (Gov. Code, Secs. 531.113(a) (part), (c).)Tex. Gov't. Code § 544.0352
Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 769,Sec. 1.01, eff. 4/1/2025.