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Revision 26-3; Effective Sept. 1, 2026
| Section | Title | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1230 | Definitions | Updates language and good faith effort definition. Adds service member. |
| 1240 | Acronyms | Updates SDO to SO. |
| 2100 | Client Access | Updates language. |
| 2200 | Abuse and Neglect Reporting | Combines Reporting an Emergency and Reporting a Suspicion of Abuse, updates language. |
| 2210 | Human Trafficking | Adds links to Texas Occupations Code, removes use of screening tool, updates resources. |
| 2220 | Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) | Updates title to Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence, language and links. Adds income verification exception for clients who experience IPV. Adds National Domestic Violence Hotline contact information. |
| 2310 | Confidentiality | Updates language. |
| 2320 | Nondiscrimination and Limited English Proficiency | Updates language. |
| 2330 | Termination of Services | Updates language. |
| 2340 | Resolution of Complaints | Updates language. |
| 2350 | Reserved for Future Use | Updates title to Freedom of Choice and adds text from previous 2360. |
| 2360 | Freedom of Choice | Updates title to Research, Human Subject Clearance. Adds text from previous 2370, updates language. |
| 2370 | Research (Human Subject Clearance) | Deletes section, moves text to 2360. |
| 2400 | Consent | Updates title to General Consent, adds information on obtaining verbal consent, updates language. Adds spousal consent information previously in 2310. |
| 2410 | Texas Medical Disclosure Panel Consent | Updates title to Texas Medical Disclosure Panel Informed Consent and updates language. |
| 2500 | Record Management | Updates language. |
| 2510 | Personnel Policy and Procedures | Adds information on required licensure and certification, updates language and webinar attendance requirements. |
| 2610 | Facilities and Equipment | Updates language in Hazardous Materials and Waste and throughout section. |
| 2700 | Quality Management | Updates language, moves information on QM Committee to section 2710. |
| 2710 | Quality Management (QM) Committee | Updates title to QM Committee. Adds information previously in 2700, updates language. |
| 2720 | Comprehensive Quality Work Plan | Adds annual review requirement. |
| 2730 | Quality Assurance Activities | Updates language. |
| 2740 | Subrecipient Quality and Compliance | Updates language. |
| 2810 | Fee-for-Service Reimbursement | Updates language. |
| 2820 | Cost Reimbursement | Adds Administrative Fringe and Indirect Cost to list of optional categories, and note on indirect costs. Updates link to FSR. Removes data management form. Updates link to Texas Grant Management Standards. Updates language. |
| 3210 | Eligibility Guidelines | Updates language, removes veteran language. |
| 3220 | Applying for Services | Adds Former Military Service Members section. Updates language in Household section. Adds separate section for AEST. |
| 3250 | Fees | Updates language to clarify program copay policy. |
| 3270 | Med-IT® Data and Billing Services | Updates Med-IT® Help Desk email address. |
| 3311 | Covered Services | Adds link to Billing Guideline. |
| 3331 | Prescriptive Authority Agreements | Adds Delegation Protocol for Advanced Practice Providers, updates language and links. |
| 3340 | Standing Delegation Orders | Updates title to Standing Orders. Removes specific drug administration language, updates language and links. Adds references. |
| 3342 | Components of Breast Cancer Screening | Deletes note. Updates language from pre-authorization to prior authorization. |
| 3352 | Cervical Cancer Diagnostics | Removes Office-based Procedures Performed in an Ambulatory Surgical Center. |
| 3353 | Cervical Dysplasia Management and Treatment | Removes Office-based Procedures Performed in an Ambulatory Surgical Center. |
| 3360 | Patient Navigation Services | Updates language. Clarifies all clients should receive patient navigation, and that all MBCC applicants should receive navigation. Changes good faith effort from three documented attempts to contact a client to two. |
| 3410 | Financial Status Report (FSR) | Updates title to Monthly Voucher Packet and language. Clarifies voucher submission policy. |
| 3420 | Monthly Voucher Packet | Updates title to Financial Status Report (FSR), updates language. |
| 3440 | Clinical Performance Measures | Removes table and updates reporting language. |
| 3530 | Clinic Locator Survey | Changes title to Clinic Location Survey. Updates language. |
| Appendix I | Medicaid for Breast and Cervical Cancer (MBCC) Application Checklist | Deletes information on submitting H1034. Updates client to applicant. Updates language. |
Forms
| Form No. | Title | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1065 | Breast and Cervical Cancer Services (BCCS) Program or Family Planning Program (FPP) Eligibility Application | Updates form. |
| 5200 | Med-IT New User Request | Updates form. |
| 5201 | Med-IT New Provider Request | Updates form. |
| 5203 | Breast MRI Prior Authorization Request | Updates form. |
| 5205 | Breast and Cervical Diagnostic Procedure Complication Reimbursement Request | Updates form. |