Texas Register April 18, 2025 Volume: 50 Number: 16


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Texas Department of State Health Services

Transferred Rules Re:

Transferring the DSHS rules in Texas Administrative Code, Title 25, Part 1, Chapter 419, Subchapter J to HHSC under Texas Administrative Code, Title 26, Part 1, Chapter 273.

OVERVIEW

During the 84th Legislative Session, the Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 200, addressing the reorganization of health and human services delivery in Texas. As a result, certain functions previously performed by the Department of State Health Services (DSHS), including client services, certain regulatory functions, and the operation of state hospitals, transferred to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) in accordance with Texas Government Code, §531.0201 and §531.02011. The DSHS rules in Texas Administrative Code, Title 25, Part 1, Chapter 419, Mental Health Services–Medicaid State Operating Agency Responsibilities, Subchapter J, Institutions for Mental Diseases, that are related to these transferred functions, are being transferred to HHSC under Texas Administrative Code, Title 26, Part 1, Chapter 273, Mental Health Services–Medicaid State Operating Agency Responsibilities, Subchapter A, Institutions for Mental Diseases.


Texas Health and Human Services Commission

Transferred Rules Re:

Transferring the DSHS rules in Texas Administrative Code, Title 25, Part 1, Chapter 419, Subchapter J, to HHSC under Texas Administrative Code, Title 26, Part 1, Chapter 273, Subchapter A.

OVERVIEW

During the 84th Legislative Session, the Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 200, addressing the reorganization of health and human services delivery in Texas. As a result, certain functions previously performed by the Department of State Health Services (DSHS), including client services, certain regulatory functions, and the operation of state hospitals, transferred to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) in accordance with Texas Government Code, §531.0201 and §531.02011. The DSHS rules in Texas Administrative Code, Title 25, Part 1, Chapter 419, Mental Health Services–Medicaid State Operating Agency Responsibilities, Subchapter J, Institutions for Mental Diseases, that are related to these transferred functions, are being transferred to HHSC under Texas Administrative Code, Title 26, Part 1, Chapter 273, Mental Health Services–Medicaid State Operating Agency Responsibilities, Subchapter A, Institutions for Mental Diseases.


In Addition Re:

Notice of Public Hearing on Proposed State Fiscal Year 2025 Interim Medicaid Reimbursement Rates for the State Veterans Nursing Homes, Effective Retroactive to September 1, 2024

Hearing. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) will conduct a public hearing on May 2, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. CDT to receive public comments on the proposed Medicaid payment rate for the Tuskegee Airmen Texas State Veterans Home.


Texas Medical Board

Adopted Rule Reviews Re:

Adopting Title 22, Part 9, concerning chapters related medical physicists; general provisions; the supervision of medical school students; licensure; physician advertising; medical records; physician registration; reinstatement and reissuance; criminal history evaluation letters; authority of physicians to supply drugs; prescription of controlled substances; postgraduate training permits; temporary and limited licenses; physician profiles; telemedicine; fees and penalties; health care liability lawsuits and settlements; business organizations and agreements; complaints; investigations; Texas physician health program; contact lens prescriptions; the use of experts, acupuncture, surgical assistants, physician assistants; respiratory care practitioners; procedural rules; perfusionists; compliance program; disciplinary guidelines; district review committees; office-based anesthesia services; standing delegation orders; medical radiologic technology; pain management clinics; voluntary relinquishment or surrender of a medical license; emergency medical service; standards for use of investigational agents; public information; and standards for physicians practicing complementary and alternative medicine.

Pursuant to the notice of proposed rule review published in the May 24, 2024, issue of the Texas Register (49 TexReg 3818), the Texas Medical Board (Board) adopts the review of the following chapters listed below, in its entirety, contained in Title 22, Part 9, of the Texas Administrative Code:

Chapter 160, Medical Physicists

Chapter 161, General Provisions

Chapter 162, Supervision of Medical School Students

Chapter 163, Licensure

Chapter 164, Physician Advertising

Chapter 165, Medical Records

Chapter 166, Physician Registration

Chapter 167, Reinstatement and Reissuance

Chapter 168, Criminal History Evaluation Letters

Chapter 169, Authority of Physicians To Supply Drugs

Chapter 170, Prescription of Controlled Substances

Chapter 171, Postgraduate Training Permits

Chapter 172, Temporary and Limited Licenses

Chapter 173, Physician Profiles

Chapter 174, Telemedicine

Chapter 175, Fees and Penalties

Chapter 176, Health Care Liability Lawsuits and Settlements

Chapter 177, Business Organizations and Agreements

Chapter 178, Complaints

Chapter 179, Investigations

Chapter 180, Texas Physician Health Program

Chapter 181, Contact Lens Prescriptions

Chapter 182, Use of Experts

Chapter 183, Acupuncture

Chapter 184, Surgical Assistants

Chapter 185, Physician Assistants

Chapter 186, Respiratory Care Practitioners

Chapter 187, Procedural Rules

Chapter 188, Perfusionists

Chapter 189, Compliance Program

Chapter 190, Disciplinary Guidelines

Chapter 191, District Review Committees

Chapter 192, Office-Based Anesthesia Services

Chapter 193, Standing Delegation Orders

Chapter 194, Medical Radiologic Technology

Chapter 195, Pain Management Clinics

Chapter 196, Voluntary Relinquishment Or Surrender Of A Medical License

Chapter 197, Emergency Medical Service

Chapter 198, Standards For Use Of Investigational Agents

Chapter 199, Public Information

Chapter 200, Standards For Physicians Practicing Complementary and Alternative Medicine