1 Tex. Admin. Code § 353.601
General Provisions
Effective Mar 1, 201237 TexReg 1283Source 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.Texas Secretary of State
- (a) The Texas Health and Human Services Commission administers the STAR+PLUS program.
- (b) Rules governing the operation of the STAR+PLUS program will be in accordance with Subchapter E of this chapter (relating to Standards for Medicaid Managed Care).
- (c) HHSC selects STAR+PLUS managed care organizations (MCOs) using the purchasing methods described in Chapter 391, Subchapter D of this title (relating to Purchases of Goods and Services).
(d) The STAR+PLUS program serves members whose primary residence is in one of the following STAR+PLUS MCO service areas:
- (1) Bexar, which consists of Bandera, Bexar, Atascosa, Comal, Guadalupe, Kendall, Medina, and Wilson counties;
- (2) Harris, which consists of Austin, Harris, Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Matagorda, Montgomery, Waller, and Wharton counties;
- (3) Nueces, which consists of Nueces, Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Calhoun, Goliad, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, Refugio, San Patricio, and Victoria counties;
- (4) Travis, which consists of Travis, Bastrop, Burnet, Caldwell, Hays, Fayette, Lee, and Williamson counties;
- (5) Dallas, which consists of Dallas, Collin, Ellis, Hunt, Kaufman, Navarro, and Rockwall counties;
- (6) Tarrant, which consists of Tarrant, Denton, Hood, Johnson, Parker, and Wise counties;
- (7) Hidalgo, which consists of Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Maverick, Cameron, McMullen, Starr, Webb, Willacy, and Zapata counties;
- (8) Lubbock, which consists of Lubbock, Lamb, Hale, Floyd, Hockley, Crosby, Terry, Lynn, Garza, Carson, Deaf Smith, Hutchinson, Potter, Randall, and Swisher counties;
- (9) El Paso, which consists of El Paso and Hudspeth counties;
- (10) Jefferson, which consists of Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, Orange, Polk, San Jacinto, Tyler, and Walker counties; or
- (11) Other service areas and counties as authorized by a federal waiver approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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.