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S.B. No. 1804
Chapter 832
1 AN ACT
2 relating to medical assistance reimbursement for wheeled mobility
3 systems for recipients of medical assistance.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
5 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code,
6 is amended by adding Section 32.0424 to read as follows:
7 Sec. 32.0424. REIMBURSEMENT FOR WHEELED MOBILITY SYSTEMS.
8 (a) In this section:
9 (1) "Qualified rehabilitation professional" means a
10 person who:
11 (A) holds a certification as an assistive
12 technology professional or a rehabilitation engineering
13 technologist issued by, and is in good standing with, the
14 Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of
15 North America, provided that the requirements for that16 certification are at least as stringent as the requirements in
17 effect on January 1, 2009; or
18 (B) is otherwise qualified to conduct the
19 professional activities of a person who holds a certification
20 described by Paragraph (A), as determined by rules adopted by the
21 executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.
22 (2) "Wheeled mobility system" means an item of durable
23 medical equipment that is a customized powered or manual mobility
24 device or a feature or component of the device, including the1
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