Medical Care Advisory Committee

The Medical Care Advisory Committee is a federally mandated committee that reviews and makes recommendations to the state Medicaid director on proposed rules that involve Medicaid policy or affect Medicaid-funded programs.  The members have not been updated on the HHSC website, so they are not listed here. Welcome, opening remarks, call to order, and roll call.  The meeting was convened by Mary Helen Tieken, Chair.  A quorum was established. Consideration of the February 10, 2022 and May 12, 2022, draft meeting minutes. The minutes were approved as drafted. Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) activities update. HHSC implemented the Collaborative Care Model on June 1, allowing behavioral health services in a primary care setting. In September the carve in for case management for children of pregnant women into managed care Emergency Triage Treatment and Transport allowing ambulance providers to treat people in place so they can bill existing