Texas Health and Human Services Digest May 6, 2020

Previous meetings have made alternative arrangements like phone-in capability or have been canceled. These meetings are on the calendar as of today. May 22, 2020 This meeting will be webcast Drug Utilization Review Board May 27, 2020 This meeting will be webcast Proposed Medicaid Payment Rates for the Quarterly Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Updates This meeting will be webcast Proposed Medicaid Payment Rates for the Medicaid Biennial Calendar Fee Review Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $824.1 million in local sales tax allocations for May, 5 percent less than in May 2019. These allocations are based on sales made in March by businesses that report tax monthly, and sales made in January, February and March by quarterly filers. Widespread social distancing requirements were not in place across much of the state until late March, meaning