1. Call to Order.
2. Approval of the November 21, 2014 Council Meeting Minutes.
3. Executive Commissioner’s Status Report.
   Information related to the legislative session, 1115 Transformation Waiver, contracting, and managed care carve-in.
4. Information Items Related to Rules.
   1. Relating to Minimum Payment Amounts to Qualified Nursing Facilities.
      Consideration of rule amendments to §353.608, concerning Minimum Payment Amounts  to Qualified Nursing Facilities, to revise eligibility criteria and reconciliation procedures and to add language relating to recoupments of payments in certain situations.
   2. Relating to Disproportionate Share Hospital Reimbursement Methodology and Waiver Payments to Hospitals for Uncompensated Care.
      Consideration of rule amendments to Title 1, Part 15, Chapter 355, §355.8065, related to Disproportionate Share Hospital Reimbursement Methodology, and §355.8201, related to Waiver Payments to Hospitals for Uncompensated Care.
5. Action Items Related to Rules.
   1. Related to Account Balance and Transaction Errors.
      Information on proposed amendment to 1 TAC §372.1521, concerning timeframes for households to dispute electronic benefit transfer (EBT) account balance and transaction errors, timeframes for the agency to investigate and restore benefits as applicable and clarify that adjustments must be as a result of a system error.
   2. Related to Anesthesiologist Assistants.
      Information on proposed amendment to 1 TAC §354.1062, concerning addin services provided by an anesthesiologist assistant to the rule regarding the conditions under which a physician may bill Texas Medicaid and aligns the rule with other program rules (§354.1064 and §354.1065) relating to anesthesiologist assistants’ services.
   3. Related to Private Duty Nursing Services.
      Information on the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) proposal to repeal Title 1, Part 15, Chapter 363, Subchapter C in its entirety and propose new rules for this subchapter.
6. Adjourn.

The HHSC Council will only take actions on items listed on the agenda.

*Public comment will be taken following each item, after staff presentation, and/or before a vote on the action item.

Although a quorum of members will be present, pursuant to Texas Government Code §551.125, this meeting may include one or more members not needed to constitute a quorum via telephone conference call.