The State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) has proposed new 1 TAC Chapter 169, §§169.1, 169.3, 169.5, and 169.7, concerning Procedures for Advancing Security for Costs and Assigning Responsibility for Costs in Hearings for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission Regarding Medicaid Payment Holds and Recoupment. The new chapter is being proposed pursuant to the 83rd Legislative Session, S.B. 1803, which states that the State Office of Administrative Hearings and the commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) shall jointly adopt rules regarding security for costs that a provider must advance when the provider requests an expedited payment hold administrative hearing or elects an administrative hearing at SOAH concerning an overpayment recoupment claim.
 
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