| (a) A provider or person who furnishes services, under
the Medicaid program or Child Health Insurance Plan program, must
comply with Chapter 102, Texas Occupations Code.
(b) A provider or person is prohibited from offering
to pay or agreeing to accept, directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly,
any remuneration in cash or in kind to or from another for securing
or soliciting a patient or patronage for or from a person licensed,
certified, or registered or enrolled as a provider or otherwise by
a state health care regulatory or HHS agency.
(c) A provider or person is prohibited from engaging
in any of the actions or conduct described in the provisions relating
to bribe, kickback, rebate, or inducement specified in §371.1669
of this chapter (relating to Self-Dealing).
(d) Providers or persons in violation of the prohibition
against solicitation may be excluded from participation in the Medicaid
and CHIP programs and may have their contract to participate cancelled.
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